The fragility of life, its fleeting and temporary nature is a fundamental tenet of Buddhism and many other religious ...

This clip could be used as a summary of the main Buddhist beliefs. Pupils could work in pairs to summarise this clip in 100 words, communicating the essential ideas. This clip could form part of a ...

The religious beliefs of people along the Silk Road at the beginning of the 1st century BCE were very different from what they would later become. When China defeated the nomadic Xiongnu confederation ...

When the great King Anawrahta of Pagan united the whole of Burma into a single kingdom in the eleventh century and made Theravada Buddhism the national religion, there were already in existence a ...

KCRW’s Jonathan Bastian talks with renowned Buddhist teacher and psychologist Tara Brach about meditation, mindfulness, and ...

Alongside Jesus and Muhammad, the Buddha is the most significant figure in the history of religion. Philip Almond's engaging new book is the first to ... to an altogether different context where ...

KYOTO--Inspired by a priest’s belief that Buddhist practices should evolve, the bodhisattva of compassion and mercy has manifested himself as a robot at a temple here. The android edition of ...

Buddhism assigns profound meaning to certain numbers, linking them to prosperity and inner peace. Numbers like 8 (infinity), 9 (completion), 3 (harmony), 7 (spiritual growth), and 1 (new beginnings) ...

This question arises from the fundamental differences in belief systems – Christmas, rooted in Christian traditions, commemorates the birth of Christ, the human incarnation of God. Buddhism ...