(RNS) — Recently, a group of more than 30 Buddhists and Christians gathered to form relationships and discuss ways to collaborate as part of the National Buddhist-Christian Dialogue. Hosted at ...

At the ceremony, I was given the name Dvesatya (pronounced Dvay-SUHT-yuh). My teacher, Shinkyu Brian Coté, explained: “In Sanskrit, dve is ‘two.’ Satya is ‘truth, reality, things as they are.’ ...

This is the second article in the Engaging Buddhism series which explores different facets of Buddhism and how Christians can engage with and minister to Buddhists. Justin Timberlake would respond ...

Janice and I are sitting at the kitchen table, enjoying our morning coffee. Silently, we gaze out the sliding-door windows on this late summer morning. I notice the hazy sky. I think it is probably ...

Sydney is Australia’s second most populous city, with about 4.8 million people, and has one of the largest multicultural populations in the world—nearly half of its residents were born overseas. Based ...

Mindfulness is mainstream. There are mindfulness retreats that will set you back thousands of dollars. Entire sections of libraries and bookstores are devoted to the subject. My kids learn mindfulness ...

Lama Rod Owens sits in the yard of his childhood home March 30 in Rome, Ga. Owens is an influential voice in a new generation of Buddhist teachers, respected for his work focused on social change, ...

Fasting is the process of not eating or drinking for an extended period. While possibly looked at as starving oneself, fasting provides many spiritual, physical and mental benefits when done for the ...

It's been more than a week since Fox News Channel's Brit Hume gave disgraced golfer Tiger Woods advice that essentially urged him to ditch Buddhism and find Christianity. He says Christianity was the ...