While the new 2017 Thailand Constitution still supports Buddhism and other ... order a reform of Tipitaka (the books of Buddha’s teaching) or may purge the Sangha by promulgating rules of ...

These Christian ethnic minorities live in a unique context: In Myanmar, Buddhism is the state religion, and Buddhists make up ...

The Chinese community and the Buddhist Sangha have responded to this by restructuring their temple institutions into large multi-functional temple complexes. There has been quite a few books written ...

For one thing, treating the people you disagree with as 'mistaken' rather than 'evil' can help to build our collective civic ...

President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday said the large Buddhist community has much to offer to humankind at a time when the world ...

The fundamental premise of this study is that the Buddhist sangha and Buddhist teachings play a key symbolic role in legitimating the exercise of secular power in Thailand. The author argues that a ...

Our world can use more of this kind attention to one another and a loosening of the need to make each person’s experience be ...

In today's complex and often divisive world, the principle of a community with a ... a member of the Supreme Sangha Council of Thailand, said that Buddhist representatives have gathered in Ningbo ...

Troy Watanabe was a month old when he made his debut at the Salt Lake Buddhist Temple. Nearly 60 years later, he serves as ...

That's why I want to deliver my message to all kinds of sexual minorities outside Japan through the book." Nishimura grew up at a Tokyo temple of the Jodo sect of Buddhism. After graduating from ...

It will bring together Buddhist ‘Sangha’ leaders ... and address contemporary challenges faced by the Buddhist community. “Buddhism holds a unique position in the spiritual and cultural ...

Members of the Buddhist community attend a dharma prayer service of the sixth World Buddhist Forum in Fenghua District of Ningbo, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 16, 2024. The sixth World ...