A troubled child found lasting peace through Buddhism. Now, his West Orange monastery is welcoming hundreds seeking calm in a ...

The sun rises over tall mountains in Ladakh as old temple bells ring through valleys that have heard prayers for hundreds of years. All across India, Buddhist temples stand like peaceful islands in ...

New York City is an endless source of surprises. 19 West 16th Street in Chelsea looks like a classic Greek Revival brick townhouse with four floors and a stoop that goes up to the parlor level. It ...

Archaeologists in the eastern India state of Bihar have discovered the remains of an 11th- or 12th-century Mahayana Buddhist monastery that was headed by a woman. As Reena Sopam reports for the ...

China is investing millions in Buddhism to expand its influence in Asia, challenging India's claim to the faith and alarming ...

Buddhist monasteries are important spiritual, educational, artistic and cultural centres. There are many famous monasteries in India, mainly in the Himalayan regions, where Buddhism has deep ...

Regardless of style or purpose, we tend to accept that buildings are just that: built, on top of the earth’s surface, to be bigger and taller than we are. For centuries, the people of the Bamiyan ...

A pulsating cosmopolis of 10 million, Bangkok at times seems like the most unlikely Buddhist city on earth, despite the glittering spires of its famed shrines and temples. It’s tempting to view the ...

Ladakh, located in the Himalayas, is known greatly for its spiritual heritage in Tibetan Buddhism. Ladakh boasts many monasteries, also known as gompas, which are places of worship and are also ...