The empress, like many other rulers at the time, legitimized her reign through Buddhism, portraying herself either as a Buddha or as a patron of Buddhists.

Before her were tooth and finger bone relics believed to belong to Shakyamuni Buddha, the founder of Buddhism who is said to ...

A humanoid robot that can chant Buddhist scriptures and perform rituals has been unveiled by researchers in Japan, saying it ...

Every Lunar New Year for the last 14 years, a Buddhist temple in Rosemead has displayed what it calls the '10,000 Buddha ...

Lack of institutional sympathy over the centuries, especially at the elite level, may explain why it entered the modern era with relatively little gas in the tank. A century ago, many reports alleged ...

Photoshop tutorial showing how to create an ornate mandala using only letters of a name. Mandalas are designs that represent the cosmos or universe from the human perspective. They are often used in ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A group of Buddhist monks — bearing a message of peace — walked into the heart of Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, greeted by large, joyful crowds as they completed their 15-week trek ...

Media reports have cast the son of slain Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as a top candidate for supreme leader. A scholar of Iranian politics explains how the succession process has never been free or fair.