Some Buddhists asserted that, though a Buddhist king should be committed to non-violence, he might be called upon to cancel ...

BUDDHISM is generally regarded, with good reason, as the most peaceful of world religions. Like other south Asian faiths, it stresses the principle of ahimsa, the “non-injury” of other living things.

After the Mahaparinirvana of Shakyamuni Buddha, his profound non-sectarian, universal teachings were not confined to the borders of India but rather travelled throughout Asia, crossing the paths of ...

KABUL (Reuters) - Restoring Afghanistan's Buddhist artifacts that were destroyed by the Taliban 18 years ago is like working on a 1,500-year-old jigsaw puzzle, say conservators working on the latest ...

This is a passage I found impressive in the recently published *Myoeom: A Biography* (Jogye Order Publishing House). The book covers the life and practice of Myoeom (1932–2011), a Buddhist nun widely ...

(The Conversation) — In recent years, many Buddhist nuns have taken on leadership roles that require either ordination status or academic degrees, all of which was quite unheard of in Buddhist ...