NIDA Poll reveals widespread public concern over misconduct in the monkhood, with strong support for legal penalties to ...

Buddhism and Shamanism are enjoying a resurgence in popularity among young South Koreans who are accepting them as postmodern ...

Nevertheless, according to Deeg, Xuanzang’s account requires careful interpretation and contextualisation before conclusions ...

Legal action against senior monks in Thailand raises questions about the future of Thai Buddhism, with calls for reform and ...

The Young Buddhist Initiative describes itself as bringing Buddhist traditions into the modern world in a way that it hopes ...

Reverence for the saffron-robed Buddhist monkhood is deeply woven into Thai society, but a sex extortion scandal has ...

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

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

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

The devotional art of Jainism, Buddhism and Hinduism share many similarities, even some gods. To understand why, you need to examine the ancient Indian origins of these religions and their ...

Monks from the Namgyal Monastery in Dharamshala built a sand mandala and carried out a dissolution ceremony in Laguna Beach.

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