(RNS) — Every year, between the sixth and seventh months of the lunar calendar, nomad tribes gather in the tiny Tibetan village of Ser Geyrgo for a prayer festival that is meant to invoke heaven. (RNS ...

Meditation, prayer, sutra chanting, and mantras.These are all methods that have been practiced since ancient times to ...

Rev. Qalvy Grainzvolt offers a prayer from the Shinnyo-en Buddhist tradition for the Week of Prayer for World Peace (image: Canva) As we pray for families in conflict, surely our hearts and minds turn ...

It’s Friday and my alarm goes off at 4 a.m. I shower, brush my teeth and I’m out the door into the brisk air. I pick up two friends who are crazy enough to join me on this early morning adventure.

A dear friend, an old Zen hand and an apprentice teacher on the koan way shared her Buddhist Lord’s prayer with me. I immediately asked if I could share it at my blog. And she graciously consented. I ...

Today's destinations are Shomyo-ji Temple and the Kanagawa Prefectural Kanazawa Bunko, located in Kanazawa Ward, Yokohama ...

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BERLIN, GERMANY—Popular Science reports that German scientists used advanced technology to virtually unroll a delicate ancient Buddhist scroll. For centuries, Mongolian nomads often carried portable ...

BANGKOK — A day after they charmed and moved the world at an emotive press briefing, the boys and soccer coach rescued from a flooded cave in Chiang Rai, Thailand, are preparing to become Buddhist ...