Picture it. You’re chatting with a stranger, friend, or a group of old college pals at a bar, and then… it happens. You’re ...

Did you know there’s a Yiddish word—"machetunim"—for your child’s in-laws? Imagine if we had words like this for all the ...

The Vas retreat of three months during the rainy season where upasampada bhikkhus (high ordained monks) stay indoors, which ...

Explore the revelations from the international seminar 'Kashi Vaibhav: A Historical Discourse' at Banaras Hindu University, where scholars discussed Kashi's significance and the prophecy of the next ...

Long-standing tensions between Japan and South Korea have reached a symbolic peak over a Buddhist statue stolen from Kannonji ...

While Buddha had promoted monasticism and celibacy, Shiva’s story celebrated sexuality. Vishnu balanced the two extreme views ...

Archaeologists have recently discovered about a dozen sandstone statues in Angkor, an archaeological site in Cambodia which ...

It's National Dictionary Day commemorating the birthday of lexicographer Noah Webster. Has a word in a lyric ever had you searching your brain or the dictionary for its meaning? Here's what we ...

Located around 50km south-east of the capital Leh, Takthok is the only monastery in Ladakh that belongs to the oldest school ...

“Like a little meditation?” I venture. “Exactly,” he replies, emphatically, validating our shared moment of mindfulness.

Another TPP legislator, Janice Chen (陳昭姿), said Ko was the manifestation of the Bodhisattva and that he was using the ...