Fresh out of college, we were a bunch of misfits in a chaotic, run-down communal home, desperately trying to figure out who ...

Born enslaved, rejected by U.S. seminaries and ordained in Rome, Augustus Tolton became the first publicly recognized Black ...

The most emotional and meaningful days of our entire time in India. We joined a Burmese monk for a powerful journey focused ...

Last year, the board approved a chronological framework that places greater emphasis on Texas and U.S. history and downplays ...

A 41-year-old man was arrested in south-west England in a museum theft investigation involving artefacts from the British ...

Hinduism gained ground in the region in the early centuries of the Common Era because it provided elites with a fully-fleshed metaphysical package along with literacy.

We are extremely fortunate to receive the blessings of the relics of the Shakyamuni and witness this extraordinary collection ...

The seal of Afghanistan's Bank depicts an image from an ancient Greek coin and is overlaid on every banknote of the Central ...

Testimony cited in The Hague shows how influential monks abandoned compassion to serve power and impunity, offering religious cover for the military’s violence.

Long before Western astrology, the Chinese zodiac helped organize years, beliefs, and social life. Here’s how the system of 12 animals evolved over the centuries.

In In Defense of Dharma, the scholar Tessa Bartholomeusz challenges the popular belief that nonviolence in Buddhism is absolute, arguing that while it is a core principle, it is not without exceptions ...