“GROWING IN THE mud, and yet so clean, the lotus is a symbol of purity,” writes the Sri Lankan historian Ananda K. Coomaraswamy in his 1913 book “The Arts and Crafts of India & Ceylon.” The lotus pool ...

More than two dozen lawmakers and prominent Indian Americans gathered at the US Capitol for the annual Diwali celebration, ...

Fatima Atsuko Hoshino, a Japanese convert to Islam, shared her profound spiritual journey, from growing up in a predominantly ...

Nine-hour prayer sessions, live-streamed speaking in tongues, bowing before a Buddhist altar 108 times: South Korean parents ...

Goldberg has also spoken about how difficult it is to have “monkey mind”: the notion, in contemplative practices such as Buddhism, that our mind swings from one thought or sensation to another. The ...

This list of meditation gift ideas is all about bringing zen to the people you love with gifts that’ll help them on their ...

For many, the intended location of the burial or scattering of ashes may be a plane flight away. For more than 40 years, the ...

The Vietnamese Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh said that everyone has a “ Buddha nature .” Everyone is capable of becoming a ...

Mitaki-dera Temple is an 8th century Buddhist temple nestled in the lush mountains of ... reminder of the wreckage and ...

Zen Buddhist monk Shunmyo Masuno wrote a book about "How to Let Things Go" and focus on the things you can control.

Tibetan monks from the Drepung Gomang Monastery in South India returned to the Mariposa Museum in downtown Peterborough ...

Tibetan monks from the Drepung Gomang Monastery in South India returned to the Mariposa Museum in downtown Peterborough ...