How the ancient faith teaches the transmigration of souls and nonattachment to everything. (For the previous article in this series, see here.) The one Buddhist word many people know is karma. Some ...

The Buddhist idea of nirvana is sometimes compared to the ideas of heaven or Paradise as found in the three Abrahamic religions—Judaism, Christianity, and Islam—but this is not correct. Heaven is ...

"Heaven and Hell in Japanese Art" is an eclectic mix of statues, paintings and tapestries exhibited in the Buddhist wing of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston through May 1, 2011. Most of the pieces on ...

In deeply religious Thailand, monks have long been revered. But badly behaved clergy, corruption scandals, and the vast wealth amassed by some temples has many asking if something is rotten at the ...