After losing his job as a traffic officer in 1990, Sergei Torop, 64, claimed to have been reborn as Vissarion and went on to ...

Where Buddhism diverges is in the solution it offers to the problem of human suffering. In a universe with no personal creator God, adherents cycle endlessly through reincarnation hoping to reach ...

Buddhism originated in the life, teaching, and personality of a remarkable Indian sage, Siddhartha Gautama, the son of a petty king whose capital was at Kapilavasta in northern India.

Can one admire Jesus, even if you don't believe that he's the Son of God? Skip to main content ... That said, I’ve read books about Buddhism and visited Buddhist shrines in Japan.

On a Zoom call from her neat, book-lined home office in Princeton, New Jersey, Elaine Pagels explains how her latest book, “Miracles and Wonder: The Historical Mystery of Jesus,” differs from ...

by Dr. Justice Chandradasa Nanayakkara The word Ahimsa, derived from Sanskrit, means non-harm or non-injury and is often translated into English as non-violence. The dictionary defines it as “the ...

April 13, 2025, Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion: Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion is rich in symbolism, liturgical pageantry and an extra Gospel passage at the beginning of mass.