Keyword: buddhism
Dan Harris and Thupten Jinpa on the recent emergence of mindfulness into the mainstream, and how mindfulness can help people cope with everything from the scourge of school shootings to political discussions in an age of divisiveness.
Broadcast journalist Dan Harris reflects on how Buddhist meditation helped him recover from a career setback — and gave him the story of his life.
For three decades, the Chinese government has been sponsoring education for elite Tibetan middle-schoolers, but at a cost to their culture.
Ian Johnson's new book provides an in-depth look at a country struggling to find its moral center.
The 6.8-magnitude quake killed three and destroyed temples in Bagan, one of the Southeast Asian country's most important tourist areas.
A widely held belief in Kamakura era Japan of a sick and degenerating world was reinterpreted by a violent doomsday cult eight centuries later.
Asia Society Museum's Adriana Proser recounts the long, complex back story behind the upcoming exhibition "Buddhist Art of Myanmar."
Time-lapse footage captures the extraordinary process by which a Tibetan Buddhist sand mandala comes into being.
Colorful prayer ribbons and medals adorn the Kek Lok Si Temple in Penang, Malaysia on July 15, 2013. (ansel.ma/Flickr)
