The two objects in this exhibition exemplify the birth of Buddhism in Japan. In 552, the Korean kingdom of Baekje sent the Japanese court sacred texts (sutras) and a gilt bronze sculpture, thought to ...

Excavations at Lumbini in Nepal have revealed never-before-understood details about the earliest years of Buddhism. According to tradition, Lumbini is where Maya Devi gave birth to Siddhartha Gautama, ...

Seven years of waiting came to an end Sunday after four days of celebration and sacred ceremonies marked the opening of the new Wat Buddharangsi of Miami, South Florida’s second Thai Buddhist temple, ...

The lotus is the most frequently mentioned symbol of Buddhism and was destined to be bound with Buddhism from the very beginning since it is in many of the tales about Sakyamuni, the founder of ...