Women should be prosecuted for having sex with monks, Thai politicians have proposed, amid a nationwide scandal over an ...

Reverence for the saffron-robed Buddhist monkhood is deeply woven into Thai society, but a sex extortion scandal has ...

At least nine abbots and senior monks involved in the scandal have been disrobed and cast out of the monkhood, police said.

But Mahayana Buddhism has become more popular by developing a social orientation. Adherents should strive to have the ...

Until the end of June, the continuation of reincarnation, and therefore the future of Tibetan Buddhism, was in question.

The one Buddhist word many people know is karma. Some say it means good things happen to good people and bad to bad. Payback.

Following a wave of monk scandals, Paetongtarn Shinawatra pledges bold reforms to restore Buddhism’s damaged public image.

China's insistence that it will identify the next Dalai Lama foreshadows the chance that followers will have to decide who ...

This video explains the basics of Buddhism, from its beginnings with Siddhartha Gautama to its spread across Asia and beyond. Viewers learn about core ideas like the Four Noble Truths, the Eightfold ...

Buddhists are very fortunate that they can even critically examine the teachings of the Buddha. After all, the Buddha ...

Tibetan Buddhism’s spiritual leader made the declaration on Wednesday in a video message to religious elders gathering in Dharamshala, India, where the Nobel Peace laureate has lived since fleeing ...

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has said the centuries-old Tibetan Buddhist institution will continue after his death, ending speculation ignited by his remark that he might be the last person ...