Recognised worldwide in his red robes and with his wide smile, Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th dalai lama, describes himself as a ...

Thousands of devotees flocked to the Himalayan town of Dharamshala, India, on Sunday to celebrate the Dalai Lama's 90th ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi called the Dalai Lama ‘an enduring symbol of love' on the occasion of his 90th birthday.

Buddhist thangka paintings are visually captivating and impressive — but there is more to them than meets the eye. Thangkas often focus on a specific deity and scene, and their form and surrounding ...

Buddhist or Hindu religious symbols appear on five national flags; in three of those cases, the symbols apply to both religions. The Cambodian flag depicts Angkor Wat, a temple historically associated ...

By the 400s, haloes had been embedded in Christian art in Rome and Buddhist art in China. Somehow, in a matter of a few centuries, they had become Eurasia's universal religious symbol of divinity ...

The Hamsa- This religious symbol is known as the Hand of Fatima and is meant to fend off evil. The Mandala- A religious emblem most commonly connected to Buddhism and Hinduism.

For Hindu, Buddhist and Jain believers, the angular emblem in the center of Nazi flags is not their swastika. The ancient symbol of good fortune, peace and protection from evil that is their ...

About one-third (31%) of Asian Americans who identify their religion as Buddhism say religion is very important in their lives, while another 40% say it is somewhat important. Buddhists are less ...