Jan Willis never felt drawn to the Baptist church of her 1950s Alabama childhood--a place where the preacher hadn't done his job unless he whipped parishioners into a spiritual frenzy that left them ...

In recent years, many Buddhist nuns have taken on leadership roles that require either ordination status or academic degrees, all of which was quite unheard of in Buddhist monastic traditions in the ...

Work, school, family, appointments, catching up on a favorite TV show – whatever the excuse may be, it’s easy to let life get in the way of your spiritual journey. The practice of meditation and ...

He cradled the severed hand like a newborn. I've never forgotten the sad sweetness of it. Just a few months after the little Buddhist temple on North Pine Street in Davenport was built, hatred came to ...

Muarajambi, nestled along the Batanghari River, flourished as a vital center of Buddhist scholars within the Srivijaya empire, attracting luminaries and scholars across Asia, including Atisha who ...

While it can be seen as a project for the development of heritage and tourism infrastructure, it also contains aspects of cultural diplomacy ...

The annual Sirpur Heritage Festival will be held in Chhattisgarh from February 1 to 3 to celebrate the regions rich Buddhist legacy, culture and global connections, an official said on Friday.