I recently returned from leading an educational program in Thailand focusing on how Buddhists practice the religion in their ...

An author owns a snappy title, and then the snappy title owns the author. Robert Wright, having titled his new book “Why Buddhism Is True,” has to offer a throat-clearing preface and later an ...

For a long time, spiritual practice in the West was sold as a private affair—something you did on a cushion to find your own peace. The post Compassion in Action: 5 Essential Books on Engaged Buddhism ...

Dressed in flowing gold robes, the bald female meditation teacher told us to do nothing. We were to sit silently in our plastic chairs, close our eyes, and focus on our breath. I had never meditated, ...

When World War II ended with Japan’s unconditional surrender in August 1945, the various sects of Japanese Buddhism lost the foundation they had all shared in State Shintō, falling into a state of ...

One of the Buddha’s most-loved stories (he had a lot of them), concerned a event in which a number of blind men investigated an elephant. The occasion was famously described by the 19th century ...

Nichiren Buddhism differs from other schools of Buddhism in focusing on this world, and in its view that it is the only correct tradition. Nichiren Buddhism is a Japanese Buddhist movement in the ...

Hongwanji temples were valued by early immigrants from Japan. But as congregations age, some say ties to Japan must be ...

The most striking aspect of the 2026 Busan International Buddhism Expo was its demographic: Hundreds of people in their 20s ...

I recently returned from leading an educational program in Thailand focusing on how Buddhists practice the religion in their day-to-day lives. The participants – Buddhist practitioners from North ...