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An official probe into the jet-setting abbot of China’s Shaolin Temple has fueled cynicism about capitalism and religion.
Emergent Dharma’ will offer essays from 11 Asian American women writers who confront the whitewashed, patriarchal and ...
Shi Yongxin of Shaolin Monastery in Henan, China, was stripped of his ordination over alleged misconduct involving money and sexual relationships with women.
In a story in the Buddhist canon, a grief-stricken mother named Kisa Gautami loses her only child and carries the body around ...
Buddhism scholar Joanna Macy, who died this month, leaves behind a blueprint for overcoming climate despair and anxiety.
China’s famed Shaolin Temple announced on Sunday that its abbot is under investigation for suspected embezzlement and ...
The Young Buddhist Initiative, sponsored by Triratna Buddhist Community founded in 1967 by Sangharakshita, is designed to ...
Pure Land Buddhism reimagines the spiritual path through celestial realms and transcendent Buddhas, offering salvation not ...
A Buddhist monastery tucked away in McKinney is a safe haven for people of all faiths seeking mindfulness through meditation. A monk with a mission to ...
The Mongolian collection of the Ethnological Museum of the National Museums in Berlin contains a unique Gungervaa shrine.
This video explains the basics of Buddhism, from its beginnings with Siddhartha Gautama to its spread across Asia and beyond. Viewers learn about core ideas like the Four Noble Truths, the ...