The Dalai Lama has announced that he will have a successor after his death, continuing a centuries-old tradition that has ...

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Buddhism initially came to America with Chinese and Japanese immigrants in the late 1800s, but Westerners began to take interest in practicing Buddhism themselves in the 1950s and ’60s.

One of the enduring legacies of the Dalai Lama is that for the first time, Tibetan nuns are leading their own educational ...

Buddhism (Fojiao 佛教) is the largest officially recognized religion in China. The share of Buddhists in China ranges from 4% to 33%, depending on the measure used and whether it is based on surveys ...

Not just in Buddhism, but worldwide, why have women been so neglected and overlooked for millennia?” said Palmo. About 100 nuns live and study at her Dongyu Gatsal Ling nunnery in India.

Pure Land Buddhism reimagines the spiritual path through celestial realms and transcendent Buddhas, offering salvation not ...

Buddhism isn’t a panacea, but it does offer a prescription. Sean Illing. Let’s try to put a bow on this conversation by connecting it with something that feels concrete and urgent.