Reverence for the saffron-robed Buddhist monkhood is deeply woven into Thai society, but a sex extortion scandal has ...

Women should be prosecuted for having sex with monks, Thai politicians have proposed, amid a nationwide scandal over an ...

The one Buddhist word many people know is karma. Some say it means good things happen to good people and bad to bad. Payback.

But Mahayana Buddhism has become more popular by developing a social orientation. Adherents should strive to have the ...

This video explains the basics of Buddhism, from its beginnings with Siddhartha Gautama to its spread across Asia and beyond.

Until the end of June, the continuation of reincarnation, and therefore the future of Tibetan Buddhism, was in question.

Following a wave of monk scandals, Paetongtarn Shinawatra pledges bold reforms to restore Buddhism’s damaged public image.

Buddhists are very fortunate that they can even critically examine the teachings of the Buddha. After all, the Buddha ...

China's insistence that it will identify the next Dalai Lama foreshadows the chance that followers will have to decide who ...

Who am I? And I am not alone here. There are others. Who are the closest to me as my own family members? The Mother and ...

Monks from the Namgyal Monastery in Dharamshala built a sand mandala and carried out a dissolution ceremony in Laguna Beach.

The Dalai Lama has often called himself a simple monk, but millions of his Tibetan Buddhist followers have worshipped him for ...