The one Buddhist word many people know is karma. Some say it means good things happen to good people and bad to bad. Payback.

Dr. Justice Chandradasa Nanayakkara, who makes valuable contributions to Buddhist literature in these columns, has written ...

The Dalai Lama has announced that he will have a successor after his death, continuing a centuries-old tradition that has ...

Souls trembling before judgment, a boiling cauldron and a chance at redemption through a blooming lotus — these striking ...

Kamma in Buddhism is a metaphysical concept central to understanding the cycle of rebirth and the consequences of actions. It refers to intentional action driven by volition, the vast tapestry of ...

In Buddhism, the concept of rebirth signifies the cyclical journey of birth, death, and rebirth, intricately intertwined with the workings of kamma (or karma).

The succession of the Dalai Lama is less a theological debate than a collision between a displaced people’s spiritual ...

The Tibetan spiritual leader has announced that his organization will search for his successor. However, China wants to ...

In the lead up to his 90th birthday, Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama made a series of statements concerning the future of ...

Who am I? And I am not alone here. There are others. Who are the closest to me as my own family members? The Mother and ...

Namdol Phuntshok remembers carrying around rose beads and wearing only “red or yellow” so that her parents would understand her “calling” to become a nun. The y ...

The Dalai Lama has announced that he will have a successor after his death, continuing a centuries-old tradition that has become a flashpoint in the struggle with China’s Communist Party over ...