Until the end of June, the continuation of reincarnation, and therefore the future of Tibetan Buddhism, was in question.

China's insistence that it will identify the next Dalai Lama foreshadows the chance that followers will have to decide who ...

But Mahayana Buddhism has become more popular by developing a social orientation. Adherents should strive to have the ...

The one Buddhist word many people know is karma. Some say it means good things happen to good people and bad to bad. Payback.

Women should be prosecuted for having sex with monks, Thai politicians have proposed, amid a nationwide scandal over an ...

Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday said if a person belonging a religion other than Hinduism, ...

The case of Wirapol Sukphol, the infamous “jet-set monk” who was sentenced to over 100 years in prison for fraud, money ...

Paetongtarn Shinawatra pledges to modernise the religion's image, foster understanding between monks and lay followers, and ...

Dr. Justice Chandradasa Nanayakkara, who makes valuable contributions to Buddhist literature in these columns, has written ...

Buddhists are very fortunate that they can even critically examine the teachings of the Buddha. After all, the Buddha ...

The Supreme Patriarch has urged the Thai government to take decisive action against senior monks who break their celibacy ...

LHASA -- A total of 13 monks from multiple monasteries are in the process of completing a preliminary examination for the ...