The Thai government has called for increased financial oversight of temples after a major scandal involving sex and extortion amongst Buddhist monastics
A proposed “Buddhist Bank” aims to separate personal and temple funds, ensuring transparent oversight of Thailand’s 40,000+ temples.
As a surge in the sale of Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines sweeps across Japan, some are concerned about buyers exploiting religious properties for tax benefits
Prof. Gereon Kopf continues his Shikoku pilgrimage in Japan, examining themes of awakening, loss, and connection
Prof. Gereon Kopf reflects on years of teaching about Japanese Buddhism as he embarks on the arduous Shikoku Pilgrimage
The newly visible stupa has become a pilgrimage site for Buddhists as drought hits the region
Remarkable archaeological remains have been found In Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve in areas that had gone unexplored for decades
Discovering that the deepest practice can be done in all of the ordinary moments of our lives
An academic account of finding religion and spiritual beings and forces in Japan’s supposedly areligious society
Sri Lankan Buddhists create a new home in northeastern Ohio
Introducing Tatsumi Anju from Sakuramotobou, a Shugendo temple in Yoshino
Archeologists in Pakistan say they have unearthed an 1,800-year-old Buddhist stupa and a trove of relics and artifacts at a site in the northwestern province
