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

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

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

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

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 Eightfold ...

This means that Buddhism is not only good for women, but good for the world, and much of this has arisen as a result of women being empowered in various Buddhist schools in our time.

Buddhism isn’t a panacea, but it does offer a prescription. Sean Illing. Let’s try to put a bow on this conversation by connecting it with something that feels concrete and urgent.

Not just in Buddhism, but worldwide, why have women been so neglected and overlooked for millennia?” said Palmo. About 100 nuns live and study at her Dongyu Gatsal Ling nunnery in India.