The Buddha was born as Siddhartha Gautama in ancient India. He lived a life of luxury before renouncing it. Seeking the end ...

A devotee bathes a Buddha statue during celebrations of the Buddha's birthday in Malaysia. Wong Fok Loy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images When Siddhartha Gautama was born, he was clearly no ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to inaugurate an international exposition featuring the sacred Piprahwa Relics, pivotal ...

Tibetan Buddhism is a distinct form of Buddhism that developed on the Tibetan Plateau. It blends Indian Buddhist philosophy ...

By halting the Sotheby’s auction of rare Piprawah Gems, sacred Buddhist relics excavated in 1898 in Uttar Pradesh, India is ...

Senior Buddhist nun Ajahn Candasiri shares her belief that Jesus' suffering encapsulated many Buddhist teachings. Ajahn Candasiri is a senior nun at the Amaravati Buddhist Monastery in Hertfordshire.

Why do people choose a particular religion? Raised Catholic, Pierrick Wattez, 49, found his path to Buddhism through the ...

Buddhist monks on a "Walk for Peace" are completing the Georgia leg of their route from Texas to Washington, D.C. Take a look ...

Yet the latest scandals in Thailand stand apart, even by that country’s poor record. It was the worst year for the monkhood ...