“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 ...

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

Representatives from Buddhist communities, experts, scholars, and guests from over 70 countries are attending the October 15-17 Sixth World Buddhist Forum in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, eastern China.

This is the dramatic moment a firework flew from a worshipper's hand as she posed at a Buddhist festival. The devotee was dressed to the nines in handmade silk for the Loy Krathong event in Sukhothai ...

CNN's 'Artisans' meets the dedicatedcraftspeople who hope to preserve the traditional art of woodworking, where Japanese heritage and innovation coexist in harmony, for generations to come. Osaka's ...

The need for stronger international action against the country’s military junta has never been greater.

The claim by a Hindu leader that churches are involved in drug trade in India’s northeast region has sparked widespread anger ...

The U.N. Development Programs is warning that Myanmar’s Rakhine state, home to the Rohingya minority and engulfed in conflict ...

Two men have taken most of the turns at the helm of Burma ever since the nation became independent in 1948: gentle, popular U Nu, the kerchiefed, sometime Buddhist monk who became Burma’s ...

A new study has found that Burmese pythons can eat even larger prey than was thought mathematically possible. Pythons don’t bite and chew their food – instead, they open their mouths ...

The first hint at an answer came a few months later when, walking around the BDD Chawls one afternoon, I came across a large group of Dalit Buddhist acquaintances outside the police station.

Burmese pythons in Florida can eat larger prey than scientists previously thought due to their ability to stretch their jaws. Researchers believe that understanding the size limits of prey that ...