A delegation of more than 100 monastics from Taiwan’s United Association of Humanistic Buddhism recently met with Pope Francis at the Vatican.
The pioneering American jazz musician Wayne Shorter, a longtime practitioner of Nichiren Buddhism, died on Thursday in Los Angeles. He was 89 years old.
The Niwano Peace Foundation has announced that the Indian social activist Rajagopal P. V. will be the recipient of the 40th Niwano Peace Prize.
The influential Buddhist monk Venerable Hsing Yun, the founding patriarch of the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist order has died in Taiwan.
The Buddhist leader had been self-exiled from Russia for months
A growing number of Buddhists and Buddhist organizations around the world believe that the process of finding a successor should not be politicized
More than a thousand Buddhist monastics and lay practitioners gathered at Tu Hieu Temple in Vietnam to commemorate the passing of Thich Nhat Hanh.
The revered American Buddhist monastic Ven. Thubten Chodron returned to Singapore in December, where she gave her first public teachings since the pandemic.
The Revered Sakya Master Luding Khenchen Rinpoche,has died in Bodh Gaya, India. He was 91 years old.
The Tibetan cultural group hopes to ensure that reincarnation of His Holiness and other high lamas remains a cultural and religious practice
His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrived in Bodh Gaya, India, on Thursday, after a two-year absence. His Holiness is expected to remain until 20 January.
The Nyingmapa monastery Lhundrub Chime Gatsal Ling announced on Monday that His Holiness the Dalai Lama has formally recognized the reincarnation of the lineage holder
