This clip could be used as a summary of the main Buddhist beliefs. Pupils could work in pairs to summarise this clip in 100 words, communicating the essential ideas. This clip could form part of a ...

The main religions are Buddhism, Islam, Christianity, China’s indigenous Taoism, along with Shamanism, Eastern Orthodox Christianity and the Naxi people’s Dongba religion. The Hui, Uygur ...

All the pre-Buddhist cults were suppressed. Spirit mediums left the shrines to become strolling musicians, dancers, and actors. But the people found it difficult to discard at once old beliefs and ...

Through a series of edicts carved in stone and placed throughout the empire, Ashoka proclaimed to his people the importance of Buddhist values and his beliefs about how his people should act.

KYOTO--Inspired by a priest’s belief that Buddhist practices should evolve, the bodhisattva of compassion and mercy has manifested himself as a robot at a temple here. The android edition of ...

Despite these differences, Buddhist principles such as karma (the law of cause and effect) and samsara (the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth) bear striking similarities to core Hindu beliefs.

This reading features thematic comparisons among texts of the great world religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Confuciansm, Christianity, Daoism, Islam, Judaism and Shinto. The purpose is not to compare ...

Buddhist therapists are mental health professionals who integrate Buddhist beliefs and practices into their work with clients. They can help with many of the same issues as other therapy ...