A Lotus Sutra scroll praising the manifold mercies of the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara. Universal Gateway chapter of the Lotus Sutra/Calligrapher: Sugawara Mitsushige/The Metropolitan Museum of Art ...

In our series looking at key women of the Buddhist scriptures, we look at the character of Mahapajapati Gotami. She was the Buddha's foster mother as well as his maternal aunt. Legend has it that at ...

Gounsa Temple, a thousand-year-old temple founded by the Unified Silla monk Uisang, is emerging as a central hub for Korean Buddhist culture and classical literature research following a large-scale ...

China has launched a two-year project to study and preserve rare Buddhist Sanskrit scriptures of Indian origin that were written on leaves more than 1,000 years ago and brought to Tibet, the state ...

Yin Shun , reflecting on the ten-year journey of the BFA Religious Sub-forum, noted its steadfast commitment to the foundational goal of building a global community united by a common destiny. The sub ...