This list from the Daily Beast of “A list” Buddhists shouldn’t have bothered me as much as it did, seeing as it is nothing more than a magazine capitalizing on a recent event (Tiger Woods’ ...

Today His Holiness the Dalai Lama turns 77. Although he didn’t officially become the temporal head of Tibet until he was 15, he’s made the most of 62 years in the position. He’s won a Nobel Peace ...

There are approximately over 520 million Buddhists in the world, and some of them are very famous. Meditation, chanting, mental health and emotional peace are some of the concepts of Buddhism that the ...

If you've tried Christianity, Judaism and Islam, why not try Buddhism? Meditation, chanting, mental health and emotional peace are some of the concepts that the following celebrities identify with.

Mahabodhi Temple is a Buddhist temple complex located in Bodh Gaya, India. It is one of the holiest sites in Buddhism, as it is the place where the Buddha is said to have attained enlightenment.

As anyone who hasn’t spent the last few years meditating in a cave in Asia knows, American Buddhism is booming. The 1990s saw three Buddhist movies and a gaggle of celebrity Buddhist pitchmen, ...

Buddha Purnima, also known as Vesak, is one of the most sacred days for Buddhists around the world. It marks the birth, enlightenment (nirvana), and death (parinirvana) of Siddhartha Gautama, who ...

To Buddhists, the supreme purpose of life is to become a Buddha; their ideal is to “deliver all beings.” They advocate dispelling all private desires and distracting thoughts, doing good deeds, and ...

A speed eater who broke the record for eating 50 of the world's hottest chilis in record time says he was inspired by a Buddhist monk who burned himself to death. Mike Jack, a famous speed-eater from ...

Pha That Luang- It is one of the most prominent monuments in Laos which was built in the 16th century on the ruins of an earlier Khmer temple. Shwedagon Pagoda- This holiest Buddhist shrine is located ...