Alexander the Great conquered the region around 329 B.C.E., leaving behind Greek and Macedonian settlers who intermarried ...

In recent years, many Buddhist nuns have taken on leadership roles that require either ordination status or academic degrees, all of which was quite unheard of in Buddhist monastic traditions in the ...

Lunar New Year marks far more than a cultural festival.

The title for this page hopefully makes clear what readers can expect to find here in the future. After all, it would likely not be surprising to learn that something called “Therapy and Buddhist ...

If you pick up an article on the use of therapeutic mindfulness practices or Buddhist meditation in psychotherapy, you are almost certain to find that article begin by introducing such activities as a ...

As the manager of the anesthesia department at Swedish Medical Center, Mitchell Ishikawa spends long, hectic hours attending to patients, surgeons and anesthesiologists. But when he gets home, he ...

Ashwini Bhatia / AP The Dalai Lama turned 90 on Sunday surrounded by thousands of followers, who thronged the Himalayan town of Dharamshala, where the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism has been ...

One of the most popular ambassadors of Buddhism in the West, the Dalai Lama, met with President Barack Obama in February. The meeting, which riled Chinese leaders, happened right after Tiger Woods ...

A minor in Buddhist studies is an excellent adjunct to majors in such fields as religion, philosophy, American studies, anthropology, art history, Asian studies, comparative literature, East Asian ...