It is now spring and April is the month of rebirth. When the Prince was born, he took seven steps in each direction proclaiming, “I shall be the holy one of Heaven and Earth, and put an end to the ...

An admission that he once led “a fairly degenerate lifestyle” might be surprising and hopeful from a man who believes he is destined to become a Buddha -- an enlightened one who lives in perfect peace ...

Many people in the West interpret Buddhism as a path of meditation leading to enlightenment. What many may not know is that this interpretation differs vastly from its practice in East Asia. I have ...

Buddhism in Thailand can embrace animist beliefs and magical practices while Thais claim that the true spirit of Buddhism is being lost. The fee for the rebirth service is just 100 Thai bhat ($3 U.S.) ...

More than two thousand years ago, in a village in North India, Gautama Buddha attained enlightenment while sitting under what became known as the Bodhi tree. This multilayered historical ethnography ...

While the rest of the world goes on its way with the usual secular and religious holy days of November — Veterans Day, All Saints, All Souls, the Day of the Dead and Thanksgiving — our friends in the ...