Images of Buddha’s enlightenment often portray him sitting alone under the bodhi tree, his body emaciated from fasting. Some depictions show the Buddha’s right hand pointing down, asking the earth ...

Mile Shangsheng Jing dates back to AD 927 and is the second-earliest surviving printed document found in China. [Photo by Jiang Dong/China Daily] Three sacred Buddhist texts are now on display in ...

Have you confused karma with dharma? Amida with Gautama? The Five Desires with the Eightfold Path? Then Ronald Epstein's Buddhism A to Z can provide a little enlightenment. Geared for English-speaking ...

Scholars believe it to be the world’s largest treasury of ancient Buddhist texts. The sheer immensity of the collection held in the National Library of Mongolia has prevented a proper tally to date.

Kim Kyeong-Ho is an expert in sagyeong, the reproduction by hand of Buddhist sutras. Master Kim sits at a drafting table — bright lights shining down on him — and dozens of people watching him. He’s ...

The Library of Congress made public a rare 2,000-year-old text of early Buddhism on Monday, and it offers a glimpse into early Buddhist history during its formative years. The scroll originated in ...

(The Conversation) — The Therigatha, a collection of poems written in Pāli by Buddhist nuns, reveals that women’s enlightenment may not necessarily require renunciation of domestic life. (The ...