BANGKOK -- Thailand's Culture Ministry says foreign tourists should be barred from getting Buddhist tattoos while visiting because the practice is cul...
It is not recommended to use meditation as a way of repressing our emotions by forcibly silencing them in order to achieve a superficially imposed sense of peace and quiet.
The three middle-age Chinese immigrants who approached Judy Gallenstein in a parking lot in early April needed help. Frightened and with no grasp o...
South Koreans took to the streets this week in honor of what is believed to be Buddha's 2,555th birthday. In Korea, Buddha's birthday reportedly ...
It's time to revisit where to buy the world's best treat -- chocolate. Whether you love your chocolate light and sweet, or dark and bitter, there are plenty of places old and new to indulge.
The Buddha image is the most exceptional of religious icons. Its aesthetic is unique.
We live behind bars of fear and convention and become stuck. We are in a box, and don't even know we are in a box.
These days, thanks to the "law of attraction," the Buddha's model of awakening may seem more attractive than Ananda's. But in my experience, the spiritual life oscillates between both.
Maybe we can mix some of the wisdom our ancient cultures with our unprecedented modern knowledge and create the ground for happiness and fulfillment in our lives.
Karma, in the world of form, manifests as gain and loss, disgrace and praise, happiness and misery.
When we get angry or hateful at Limbaugh for being so offensive, all we are doing is the same thing he is -- fanning the flame of hate. This helps no one, especially not us.
Traditional Buddhism may discourage abortion, but it also discourages imposing rigid moral absolutes.
Take a man trained in natural science, expose him to eastern religions and to West Coast therapy and the result was Hakomi.
Commonly we find resiliency through connection: to nature, to community, to inner strengths, to a sense of life bigger than the circumstances we see in front of us.
One of Buddha's Eight Noble Truths is the concept of Right Speech, the first principle of ethical conduct.
From a Buddhist point of view, sudden death can be particularly difficult. The contrast between the sense of presence and the sense of absence is so sharp and shocking.
Just because China has embraced Christmas does not mean the country is becoming Western. Looks can be deceiving. Christmas tunes play on radio sta...
Rather than mutually respecting and affirming the one and only thing all religions share in common, religious leaders become preoccupied with what distinguishes them in terms of their beliefs, doctrines, viewpoints and so on
Like every great religion, Buddhism has inspired some of the most beautiful and spectacular art in the world, most notably in the form of statues that...
Today, all over the world, Zen Buddhists are celebrating the day of the Buddha's enlightenment. Known in Japan as "Rohatsu," this Bodhi Day marks the defining event in the legend of Shakyamuni Buddha: his enlightenment experience.
MES AYNAK, Afghanistan — It was another day on the rocky hillside, as archaeologists and laborers dug out statues of Buddha and excavated a spra...
The show features nine Tibetan artists exploring socio-political, spiritual and cultural issues, and brings to the fore a transformative artistic approach of integrating centuries-old traditions and techniques.
The following is the "Foreword" from The Buddha Image: Out of Uddiyana show catalogue courtesy of Tibet House US. It was written by Robert Thurman, ...
Facts, they found, were not curing misinformation. Like an underpowered antibiotic, facts could actually make misinformation even stronger.That is fro...
Many of us are longing to find more peace and balance in our lives. Reconnect with your own source of inspiration with a relaxing, restorative yoga practice.
