Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly invited several scholars to comment on the divisions and direction of Buddhism in America today: Carl Bielefeldt is professor of religious studies and co-director of the ...

Buddhism has been uniquely affected by the digital revolution and integration of new media into its spiritual practices. Buddhism, the Internet and Digital Media: The Pixel in the Lotus offers a ...

Asked to speculate on Zen Buddhism's American prospects, Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, founder of the San Francisco Zen Center, replied, "Very colorful." From the first Chinatown temples through the Beat era ...

IT is not the purpose of this article to give a detailed or formal account of the doctrines and observances of the Buddhistic faith, but rather to illustrate its point of view, and to interpret the ...

The Buddha did not claim to be in any way divine, nor does Buddhism involve the idea of a personal god. The Dhammapada, 165. The Buddha did not claim to be in any way divine, nor does Buddhism involve ...

Tibetan Buddhism is a religion in exile, forced from its homeland when Tibet was conquered by the Chinese. This article is a detailed look at its history and practices. Tibetan Buddhism is a religion ...

Buddhists accounted for about 4.1% of the global population in 2020, according to the Pew Research Center. Between 2010 and 2020, the global Buddhist population declined by roughly 5%, from around 343 ...

Great thinkers and everyday people have long pondered how to reconcile the deep-rooted differences between science and religion. At first glance, it can seem an insurmountable task. The debate pits ...