Considering the Buddha’s advice that we should endeavour to see things as they really are, one may argue that rituals should have no place, at all, in Buddhism. Afterall, rituals are dependent on ...

"The rise of the tantras-the esoteric traditions of Hinduism and Buddhism-changed the face of religious practice across Asia, bringing elaborate new rites that revolved around ritual, a highly ...

The altar in Becca Topol’s living room carries a statue of Buddha and a garden stone painted with the Hebrew word for peace, shalom. In April she celebrated Passover with a “Zen Seder” feast that ...

Dharma and Punya: Buddhist Ritual Art of Nepal' explores the centrality of ritual practices and the agency of people ? patrons, ritual specialists, devotees ? in creating and amplifying the efficacy ...

Japan Buddhist cultural exchange festival, held at the Tam Chuc National Tourist Complex in Ninh Binh province from November ...

The first time I saw a body in an open casket, I almost laughed out loud. I was a senior in high school, but it wasn’t my first experience with death. Both of my dad’s parents and his sister passed ...

Judaism has its Torah, Christianity has the Gospels and Islam its Koran, but the Middle Path prescribed by the Buddha comes with no required reading. It's supposed to be about meditation and ...

Master Lan handed me the controller and spread his white hands apart to catch the drone as it descended slowly. The wash from the propeller made me squint. Deep in a dense forest in the mountains, we ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on the second day of his Bhutan visit, inaugurated the sacred Kalachakra wheel of time', ...

Rituals of purification or moral cleansing are common in many religious traditions. For example, ritual washing before prayer, public worship, (re)inclusion, or other religious activities is present ...