The Buddhist calendar, used in Southeast Asia, begins with the death of Buddha, estimated around 543 B.C. In that system, the year 2025 would be 2566.

The Tibetan community welcomes all to celebrate during this the three-day festival of rituals, food and ceremonies ...

Mercy is key in Islam, especially during the holy month. Here's what that means for Muslims and those outside the faith.

CHINATOWN, Manhattan (WABC) -- A vandal struck at least twice Tuesday morning, damaging precious statues at Buddhist temples in Lower Manhattan, but members of the community say there were even ...

By the time of the reign of the Northern Wei empire, both Taghbah and Chinese cultures had become deeply familiar with Buddhism, a religion that they had inherited from India in a long process of ...

Kudos: Community supports Tibetan Buddhist Monks visit to South Lake Tahoe by Paula Peterson Monday, March 17, 2025 - 11:14am Monday, March 17, 2025 - 11:14am Share this: ...

On my first visit to Death Row at Louisiana State Penitentiary as a Buddhist chaplain, I remember how loud it was; the clanking of metal and men trying to talk to each other in side-by-side cells.

The discovery of 2-metre-long Buddha heads with intact features in Ratnagiri establishes that Buddhism was the predominant religion in the early medieval period Ratnagiri, Udaigiri and Lalitgiri ...

MOUNG RUESSEI, CAMBODIA — On the grounds of a Buddhist temple, a crowd gathered in the shade of a mango tree. Adolescent monks, adorned in bright orange robes, peeked out of their dormitories, leaning ...

In his new book, the 14th Dalai Lama claims that his successor would be born in “a free world” which was outside China. China's foreign ministry has criticised the Dalai Lama after he claimed ...