The Indonesian city is home to some of the greatest Hindu and Buddhist temples, a thriving food scene and an area known as ...

Buddhist Bells of Prayer: A Universe of Sound Cleanses the Heart The tone and timbre of Buddhist bells depends on their shape, thickness and metal composition. When the ancient capital was ...

The holy city of Anuradhapura in Sri Lanka is the alleged home of a map that could unlock the secrets of the universe.

Mandalas are Buddhist devotional images often deemed a diagram or symbol of an ideal universe. Mandalas come in many forms. Often they are painted on scrolls and taken with travelers over long ...

Zen Buddhism, in part, is the practice of meditation ... and to deny your ego and focus on interconnectedness in the universe and the alignment between one's words and actions.

The prayer flags around the monastery are inscribed with prayers and mantras - when the wind blows the prayers are carried through all parts of the universe. Buddhists meditate to calm the mind ...

is the idea of ‘dependent origination’ or ‘conditionality’. This idea is crucial in Buddhist thought. It is one of the key principles of the Buddha’s teaching, or Dhamma. It can best be ...

The modern global mission movement is generally viewed as starting in the late 18th century when William Carey left his home ...

‘I bring myself in tune with the rhythm of the universe through the vibration of sound.’” Bloom, a practitioner of Nichiren Buddhism and a follower of the Soka Gakkai organization, says he ...