With the ongoing hunger strike of Sonam Wangchuk, many people are revisiting the values that have shaped his work over the ...

Gaya: Buddha Purnima, the rare triple coincidence marking Buddha's birth, salvation and death on the same day in summer, was observed with religious fervour in Bodh Gaya, the seat of Buddha's ...

Uttam Khobragade is a retired bureaucrat, Dalit activist and member of All India Congress Committee (AICC). The origin of religion is as complex as religion itself. The earliest religion being totemic ...

Buddhism was founded by Siddhartha Gautama around 2,500 years ago. It has since spread from the Far East into Western thought, and influenced societies around the world especially since the Sixties ...

Gautam Buddha's teachings continue to offer simple yet meaningful reminders that can help you approach everyday life with a ...

Henry Steel Olcott, TW Rhys Davids, and other 19th century western "Buddhologists" arrived in Asia brimming with Orientalist idealism about the pure wisdom of the ancient east. Then they looked around ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

(RNS) — Buddhism is an American religious tradition that intersects meaningfully with African American religious history, ...