Katherine Nguyen stood with hands folded and head bowed at the altar of a Buddhist temple in Southern California. Before her were tooth and finger-bone relics believed to belong to Shakyamuni Buddha, ...

A section of the powerful Buddhist clergy in Sri Lanka has criticised the government over what they termed an “organised campaign being run by vested interests to sully Buddhism”, the majority ...

White nationalist graffiti was spray-painted on an exterior wall of the Buddhist Church of Sacramento on Thursday, February 19. The church has a large population of Japanese American members, and ...

Hundreds of Buddhist monks have rallied in the capital of Sri Lanka to protest alleged government disrespect of their religion and disregard for a long-standing tradition that they be consulted in ...

Nepal’s Lumbini has long anchored the Buddhist pilgrimage map as the Buddha’s birthplace. Nearby, however, stand the fortified ruins of Tilaurakot – believed to be the ancient capital where Siddhartha ...

Jay L. Garfield teaches in the philosophy department and directs Tibetan studies in India program. He is also visiting professor of Buddhist philosophy at Harvard Divinity School, professor of ...