Chinese scholars will soon have collected and cleaned up all the ancient lections of Sagya, one of the four leading sects of Tibetan Buddhism, as part of an effort to protect and learn more about ...

religion and society Is the modern world transforming Buddhism to suits its needs or discovering the ancient truths? The new modern religion of Buddhist mindfulness, like all religions, speaks to ...

A look at whether modern Buddhists adhere to the faith’s original religious principles or simply guilty of a cherrypicking cultural appropriation that turns religion into a fad.

Greece is very far away from the heartland of early Buddhism in India and parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan. But thanks to Alexander the Great, Hellenistic and Buddhist cultures came into contact ...

William Dalrymple’s new book brings back this question. It’s plausible that in ancient times, a new religion like Buddhism could survive its infancy because it wasn’t really seen as a faith.

For many people, Buddhism appears to be uniquely compatible with modern lifestyles and world views. It provides staunch atheists – those who do not believe in the existence of any god – with a ...

Guest: William Dalrymple is a historian, curator, broadcaster and critic. He is the author of The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World.

Jasper Johns painted 'Flag' in encaustic, mixing pigment with hot wax just as the ancient Greeks did thousands of years before him.