(RNS) — The emergence of Buddhist-oriented hospices in the U.S. and elsewhere is said to show a dissatisfaction with conventional Western views of life and death. BERLIN (RNS) — The man, a local baker ...

What was the Buddha’s great wisdom, and how do the artworks of the Buddhist tradition convey it to us today? Buddhist art has been created over two millennia across India, China, Japan and throughout ...

In Saigon’s huge Xa Loi Pagoda, Buddhist monks and nuns were holding a 48-hour hunger strike against the regime of South Viet Nam’s President Ngo Dinh Diem. Expecting trouble, police sealed off nearby ...

(Editor's note: This is the third article in a four-part series exploring how chaplains of different faiths serve all Soldiers. The final article explores Islamic chaplains.) FORT BLISS, Texas -- Last ...