Kodaiji temple, a 400-year-old Japanese hourse of worship in Kyoto, has drafted in an android named Mindar to preach sermons. Find out how it’s revolutionizing Buddhism in Japan.

Today most Americans think of Buddhism as either benign or cool. But not long ago the federal government deemed the religion an un-American threat to national security. As the smoke of Japanese ...

Kodaiji temple, a 400-year-old Japanese hourse of worship in Kyoto, has drafted in an android named Mindar to preach sermons. Find out how it’s revolutionizing Buddhism in Japan.

Buddhism is not the most popular religion in North America with less than 1 percent self-identifying, but its ideas permeate our culture. From song lyrics by the Beastie Boys and spiritual themes ...

Only a few parts of Buddhism’s much larger practice were transplanted into American soil in the late 19th century. Here’s how Buddhism changed when it migrated.

(Getty Images) Buddhism originated around the fifth century B.C.E. in India, but today, more Buddhists live in China than India. Han Buddhism, the dominant branch of Buddhism in China, has blended ...

Theravada Buddhism is the dominant religious system in several parts of South and Southeast Asia, but there is a rich diversity of beliefs and practices in this tradition.

The Bogd is the leader of Tibetan Buddhism in Mongolia. Known formally as the Jebtsundamba Khutughtu, the position dates back nearly 400 years to descendants of the Mongol emperor Kublai Khan.