When you hear “heaven and hell,” images pop into your mind: eternal bliss, endless punishment, maybe clouds and harps, or ...

“Sha ri shi. Shiki fu i ku. Ku fu i shiki.” The sounds of the monks’ chants reverberated through me. I didn’t know what the words meant, but somehow they brought me a measure of peace ...

The quiet temple town of Bodh Gaya, located along the banks of the Niranjana River in Bihar, is not at peace anymore as the Buddhist community has raised a call demanding full control over their ...

When someone says “It’s all gone to Hell in a handbasket,” what they mean is that everything is utterly and irredeemably ruined. But why Hell? And why a handbasket, of all things?

Between the mid-sixth and mid-fourth centuries B.C., Buddhism was founded in northeastern India and soon spread throughout the Asian subcontinent, influencing cultural and spiritual practices ...

Buddha’s teachings were the binding force not only in philosophical terms but also in practice and they have helped to sustain Asian nations and cultures in times of crisis, Buddhist scholars ...

The temple, carved out of rock in an ancient cave by Buddhist monks, is one in a complex of 62 caves chiseled into the rocky slopes of Gujarat’s lush Sana Hills where thousands of monks once ...

The vast majority of the world’s Buddhists live in the Asia-Pacific region, and Buddhism is a major part of culture and identity in many Asian societies. To further our understanding of Buddhism in ...