Compassion and a desire to relieve suffering are central tenets of Buddhism. Yet, as with the world's other religions, the behavior of Buddhism's nearly 500 million adherents often run in opposition ...

Evans is a writer and recent graduate from San Diego State University who is working as an executive assistant at the Dharma Bum Temple in University Heights, and lives in the College Area. The ...

Following five key Buddhist teachings may help protect against depression, new research shows. A study from Thailand showed that among people who observed what are known as the Five Precepts of ...

A Buddhist monk sits in front of a classroom of children in a small town in rural Myanmar. He chants lines which the students dutifully repeat, as they do every week at these Buddhist ‘Sunday school’ ...

(The Conversation) — The symbolic image of the silently meditating nun or chanting monk often embodies the Buddhist religion. Such representation may make it appear that Buddhist teachings and ...

Buddhist meditation centers and temples in coronavirus-hit countries around the world have been closed to the public in order to comply with social distancing measures. But Buddhist teachers are ...

Senior Buddhist nun Ajahn Candasiri shares her belief that Jesus' suffering encapsulated many Buddhist teachings. Ajahn Candasiri is a senior nun at the Amaravati Buddhist Monastery in Hertfordshire.

Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct the time of the final teaching on Sunday. A Buddhist teacher of some renown will visit a Buddhist monastery in Bloomington Sept. 15-17 to speak ...

In times of national crisis, whether due to war or any force majeure issues involving religious leadership, Khmer Buddhist ...