A puppy abused by a man on a Buddhist pilgrimage site in China has been adopted after a video of the incident ignited outrage ...

In the Theravada form of Buddhism followed in Southeast Asia, Gautama’s enlightenment is commemorated along with his birth ...

A puppy abused by a man on a Buddhist pilgrimage site in China has been adopted after a video of the incident ignited outrage on local social media earlier this month. To the rescue: A hospital ...

When Emperor Ming saw the Buddha in a dream, he sent a mission to India, triggering a chain of events that led to Buddhism’s rise in China.

The global promotion of Buddhism as a form of soft power by the Chinese state is unprecedented in the modern world. Recent ...

Brought to China through Buddhist scriptures, the epic has influenced Chinese art and literature, notably transforming Hanuman into the beloved Monkey King. Though not as widespread as in Tibetan ...

Star and Cloud is hosted by the National Museum of China and the Fo Guang Shan Foundation for Buddhist Culture and Education.

Buddhism had spread to China from India through the ancient Silk Road and was thriving in the country in the 4th century CE. When word got back to India that there was a demand in China for a ...

Mount Putuo, one of Buddhism's four sacred mountains, has undergone a dramatic transformation under the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), evolving from a revered spiritual sanctuary to a ...

BEIJING: China has had footprints of the stories of Ramayana cloaked in Buddhist scriptures for centuries, scholars here have said, bringing to the fore perhaps for the first time, the influence ...