Kodaiji temple, a 400-year-old Japanese hourse of worship in Kyoto, has drafted in an android named Mindar to preach sermons. Find out how it’s revolutionizing Buddhism in Japan.

BEIJING -- The Buddhist Association of China on Thursday issued a statement on the recent claims of the 14th Dalai Lama regarding his reincarnation. The following is the full text of the statement: ...

Almost every wat – Buddhist monastery – in Bangkok offers instruction on how to meditate, often with a hall dedicated to practice, or at the very least, floor space where laypeople can sit ...

It was Thursday, March 21. Within hours, up to 25 Muslims had been killed. The Buddhist mob dragged their bloodied bodies up a hill in a neighborhood called Mingalarzay Yone and set the corpses on ...

In the southeastern Chinese city of Quanzhou, a well-known Buddhist monk named Fu Hou has been mummified and encased in gold leaf. According to The Associated Press, it's "a practice reserved for ...

I was asked to give a brief overview of the subject of the Buddhist-Christian dialogue, looking back over its history and looking ahead to its future. I begin with two caveats. First, of necessity, ...

In South Korea, Buddhist temple food is viewed the way spa food is in the U.S.: curative, cleansing, perhaps even medicinal. Buddhist nuns have preserved these cooking techniques for 1,600 years.

The Dalai Lama commands a large following in Mongolia, where nearly half the population of 3.4 million identifies as Buddhist. Tibetan Buddhism was introduced to Mongolia more than seven centuries ...

A Buddhist perspective on these issues is presented, along with discussion of the challenges the Buddhist view raises for empirical research and theory. Current Directions in Psychological Science ...