Vajrayana, Mahayana, and Theravada are the most practiced forms of Buddhism today but there were a lot of changes within the ...

The Great King Ashoka's relentless quest for the revered relic - "The Ashes of the Buddha" - marked the genesis of his ...

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In a story in the Buddhist canon, a grief-stricken mother named Kisa Gautami loses her only child and carries the body around ...

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A scholar of Buddhism explains why creating a digital afterlife for loved ones may cause us to miss critical moments for ...

The discovery of the next Dalai Lama will be carried out by the Chinese government, and not under the current Dalai Lama's ...

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Emergent Dharma’ will offer essays from 11 Asian American women writers who confront the whitewashed, patriarchal and ...

Buddhism is very anti-essentialism, and essentialism includes seeing essence of groups, which is what racism is. If you view all Trump supporters as bigots or idiots, I think that’s a big mistake.