In the Buddhist language, Pāli, the word for human dissatisfaction and suffering is dukkha. For Buddhist thinkers, all human suffering is caused by desire, attachment or craving. As a Buddhist ...

A Buddhist monk has been mauled to death by his own pet pit bull, which launched a brutal attack on the man's face. Phra Bandit Bootsen was feeding the one-year-old pup named Jord, when it latched ...

But there are even more moving stories of animals who have had a life-changing interaction with the right person at the right time, including a beautiful Tibetan Mastiff named Sprout. On January 8, ...

Religious groups across Los Angeles, including Sikhs, Hindus, Christians, Muslims, and Buddhists, are providing aid and relief to wildfire victims. Moninder Singh, a dedicated volunteer at a ...

At least two Tibetan monastic centres damaged by quake Unknown number of clergy hurt, monasteries affected Buddhist monasteries key to Tibet's cultural identity Some Tibetan monks in the past ...

This will promote both traditional and modern education among Buddhist students," Gompu added further. Lochen Tulku Rinpoche, speaking on the significance of Nalanda Buddhism, remarked ...

But Buddhism played a major role in a fall of the centre of the Islamic Empire. History often speaks of the continuous rise of Islam with the arrival of Prophet Muhammad in the 7th century.

The region is administered from Shigatse city, the traditional seat of the Panchen Lama, one of the most important figures in Tibetan Buddhism. Many homes in Shigatse city were reduced to rubble ...

As part of an ongoing academic exchange program with the Tibetan universities in exile in India, each year the Five Colleges send 15 students to spend interterm studying Buddhist philosophy, Tibetan ...