Marshall Sahlins argues that kings are ‘stranger kings’, as they typically originate from outside their kingdom or from the celestial realms. He advances that kings draw authority precisely from an ...

Last Monday I spent an hour listening to His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama speak on the issue of science and Buddhism. The occasion was a private luncheon for friends, donors, and faculty of the ...

A stupa (Sanskrit for “heap”) is an important form of Buddhist architecture as a place of burial or a receptacle for sacred religious objects, which has its origins in the pre-Buddhist burial mounds ...

Mount Merapi, meaning "red fire" is an active volcano. The temple complex was rediscovered by the British in 1814. It is known as Borobudur among the local people. The base is a 1200 square meter ...

A personal journey through the spiritual communities of Orange County. The bright yellow sand sprinkled down to the table, adding to the intricate design being created by Tibetan Buddhist monks.

We may earn a commission from links on this page. It's not every day you see a Buddhist temple with a planetarium. Or with a giant space shuttle. Or a dinosaur. This isn't your everyday Buddhist ...

Wat Rong Khun will raise its foreign visitor fee to 200 baht to support maintenance and upgrades at the famous northern Thai ...

Buddhist teachings and practices have the goal of Enlightenment — a simple yet challenging claim for a religion that sometimes works with riddles, as DW's Rick Fulker learned in an exhibition on ...