Buddhism has a growing visibility in mainstream Australia. Tibetan prayer flags fly from many porches across the inner-city, Bunning's Warehouse sells Buddha statues and water-features and Big W sells ...

During the Edo period, Japanese Buddhism worked with the shogunate and enjoyed a position of influence and authority in society. But as political power shifted from the samurai class to the emperor ...

Meditation is the ultimate tool for cultivating calm and clarity. By sitting quietly and observing your thoughts without ...

This episode exists because Buddhism is too complex to summarize cleanly — and pretending otherwise would be dishonest. Across the series, Extra History compressed 1,500 years of religious evolution, ...

When World War II ended with Japan’s unconditional surrender in August 1945, the various sects of Japanese Buddhism lost the foundation they had all shared in State Shintō, falling into a state of ...

Tibetan Buddhism is a religion in exile, forced from its homeland when Tibet was conquered by the Chinese. At one time it was thought that 1 in 6 Tibetan men were Buddhist monks. The best known face ...

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Dressed in flowing gold robes, the bald female meditation teacher told us to do nothing. We were to sit silently in our plastic chairs, close our eyes, and focus on our breath. I had never meditated, ...

SHIRASGAON, India—More than 500 low-caste Hindus filled the Veera Maidan, an open field at the edge of a dusty Maharashtra village, on a recent Sunday night. Neighbors openly gawked from porches as ...

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New South Wales public schools are struggling to keep up with demand for Buddhism scripture teachers. Buddhist Council of New South Wales chairman Brian White said there were more than 3,000 public ...

The Buddha did not claim to be in any way divine, nor does Buddhism involve the idea of a personal god. The Buddha did not claim to be in any way divine, nor does Buddhism involve the idea of a ...