A conference in Delhi commemorates the 90th birthday of the 14th Dalai Lama, focusing on Buddha Dharma's relevance in the ...

Modern Buddhist Leaders Reshaping Buddhism . Buddhism’s Ever-Evolving Journey. Buddhism, a spiritual tradition with roots stretching back over 2,500 years, continues to evolve with the times.

On the one hand, all these revivalists certainly transformed Buddhism, making it unrecognisable to many Buddhists. They invented a new, modern Buddha, no longer embedded in a universe of ...

(RNS) — Many Buddhists today trace their social justice activism to the work of BR Ambedkar, the Indian caste abolitionist who once led a mass conversion of Dalits, or lower caste, to Buddhism.

One of the most significant was that founded by the Buddhist priest and saint Nichiren. Today, ... Buddhism for the Modern Age: Messages from Nichiren on His 800th Birthday ...

Buddhism may teach that the individual has the power to ease their own suffering, but true contentment requires us all to care about each other. It's not just about being alone in our mind on the mat.

References to LGBTQ Buddhists in pre-modern Buddhist literature are few and far between. These mainly take the form of injunctions against their ordination in the literature on Vinaya, the term ...