The Buddha is said to have delivered some 84,000 teachings. The Tibetan Buddhist canon, all told, is more than 230,000 pages long. A global push to translate it all into English — described as a ...

Climate change is one of the biggest challenges that the world faces. A United Nations report has cautioned that greenhouse gas emissions from human activity are at a record high, “with no signs of ...

Kim Kyeong-Ho is an expert in sagyeong, the reproduction by hand of Buddhist sutras. Master Kim sits at a drafting table — bright lights shining down on him — and dozens of people watching him. He’s ...

Climate change is one of the biggest challenges that the world faces. A United Nations report has cautioned that greenhouse gas emissions due to human activity are at a record high, “with no signs of ...

For about a year after Ruth Ozeki’s father died in 1998, she would hear him clearly calling her name while she washed the dishes or folded laundry. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited ...

For more than a century, three tiny Buddhist scrolls have sat tightly coiled in the collection of a German museum, their contents unknown. Now, thanks to cutting-edge technology, researchers have ...

The Library of Congress made public a rare 2,000-year-old text of early Buddhism on Monday, and it offers a glimpse into early Buddhist history during its formative years. The scroll originated in ...

A teenage Buddhist lama recently blessed thousands at a monastery in the Himalayan foothills. Just six months earlier and ...

Routes pictured are based on maps from the map collection at Cornell University Library (with special thanks to Nij Tontisirin) and “The Oxford Encyclopedia of Buddhism” (2024), with additional input ...