Right thinking leads to right action, Buddhism teaches. And while Buddhism is best known in the West as a path to inner change, and it has no social justice teachings per se, a number of books show ...

American Council of Learned Societies Collaborating with The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Global and Yale University Press on Major Book Series NEW YORK, July 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The American ...

Unlike Christianity or Islam, Buddhism does not have one central text that sums up the religion's basic tenets. What people call "Buddhism" today is really a collection of different philosophies and ...

Humanities and visual arts scholars have a rich new source to tap into after a 20-volume set of books on Buddhist arts was donated to Massey University. The Auckland-based Fo Guang Shan Buddhist ...

“Buddhist National Treasures of Korea,” a comprehensive catalogue introducing the history behind all the Buddhist artifacts that have been designated national treasures, has been published, according ...

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 ...

Rev. Jundo Gregory Gibbs will read from his new book, "Becoming Buddhist, Becoming Buddhas, Liberating All Beings. This will be at the Oregon Buddhist Temple, in the basement, this Sunday 11-20-11, at ...

As anyone who hasn’t spent the last few years meditating in a cave in Asia knows, American Buddhism is booming. The 1990s saw three Buddhist movies and a gaggle of celebrity Buddhist pitchmen, ...

(RNS) — The author began practicing Buddhism while in prison, meditating daily and keeping a gratitude journal. He now aims to help other convicts as a field minister through the North Carolina Field ...

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese version Tam An Lac of The Restful Mind by His Eminence Gyalwa Dokhampa, one of the most revered contemporary spiritual masters of the Buddhism's Drukpa Lineage, ...