Buddhists accounted for about 4.1% of the global population in 2020, according to the Pew Research Center. Between 2010 and 2020, the global Buddhist population declined by roughly 5%, from around 343 ...

Rev. Dr. T. Kenjitsu Nakagaki is one of New York City’s most prominent Buddhist leaders. Known to many simply as “TK,” Nakagaki has served as a priest in various Buddhist temples all over the world, ...

North Americans have heard much about “mindfulness” practice, and much of it is only indirectly derived from historical Buddhist practices. This talk introduces a quite different style of historical ...

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(The Conversation) — A scholar of digital religion and Buddhism argues that not all Western Buddhism practice is inauthentic. Here’s a way to know what’s real. My curiosity about the authenticity of ...

In some cultures, menstruation and childbirth are treated as polluting, not life-giving. One Buddhist text’s interpretation ...

Decades before meditation and mindfulness became popular (and profitable) parts of mainstream life, lifestyle practices derived from Buddhism existed on the fringes of American society. But, as with ...

Buddhist practices enable Buddhist communities around the world to grow in understanding, commitment and compassion on their spiritual journey. Buddhist devotional practices include chanting, puja and ...

Gregory Grieve does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Buddhism, venerable and ancient world religion, has lately found itself in the thick of a cutting-edge dialogue with modern science. This dialogue has included the Mind & Life conferences, where the ...