Buddhism Archives - Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/category/faith/buddhism/ Driving essential conversation about how religion and beliefs shape us and our world. Fri, 06 Sep 2024 12:39:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://religionnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Favicon-100x100.png Buddhism Archives - Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/category/faith/buddhism/ 32 32 Neo-Buddhists push back against Hindu claims on ancient cave monasteries in India https://religionnews.com/2024/09/03/neo-buddhists-push-back-against-hindu-claims-on-ancient-cave-monasteries-in-india/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/03/neo-buddhists-push-back-against-hindu-claims-on-ancient-cave-monasteries-in-india/#respond Tue, 03 Sep 2024 20:39:02 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4164597 GUJARAT, India (RNS) — In western India, where thousands of monks once worshipped in caves chiseled into the rocky hills, a fight is on to keep Hindu chauvinists from erasing a 2,000-year-old Buddhist site.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/03/neo-buddhists-push-back-against-hindu-claims-on-ancient-cave-monasteries-in-india/feed/ 0 Montgomery County, Maryland, was most religiously diverse US county in 2023 https://religionnews.com/2024/08/30/montgomery-county-maryland-was-most-religiously-diverse-u-s-county-in-2023/ https://religionnews.com/2024/08/30/montgomery-county-maryland-was-most-religiously-diverse-u-s-county-in-2023/#respond Fri, 30 Aug 2024 21:58:26 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4164319 (RNS) — Beyond the religiously unaffiliated, which represent slightly less than 2 in 10 (17.8%) residents, the largest religious group in the county was Black Protestants, who make up 10% of the population. 

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/08/30/montgomery-county-maryland-was-most-religiously-diverse-u-s-county-in-2023/feed/ 0 Bangladesh’s Hindu-Buddhist-Christian council pushes for secular state https://religionnews.com/2024/08/29/bangladesh-hindu-buddhist-christian-council-pushes-for-secular-state/ https://religionnews.com/2024/08/29/bangladesh-hindu-buddhist-christian-council-pushes-for-secular-state/#respond Thu, 29 Aug 2024 17:16:48 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4164113 (RNS) — Amid a government shake-up and rising violence against minorities, an interfaith council is pushing for the country to remove Islam as the state religion.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/08/29/bangladesh-hindu-buddhist-christian-council-pushes-for-secular-state/feed/ 0 Nearly half of world’s migrants are Christian, Pew Research shows https://religionnews.com/2024/08/19/migrants-to-the-u-s-more-religious-than-american-born-population-new-pew-study-shows/ https://religionnews.com/2024/08/19/migrants-to-the-u-s-more-religious-than-american-born-population-new-pew-study-shows/#respond Mon, 19 Aug 2024 21:01:14 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4162724 (RNS) — US migrants are much more likely to have a religious identity than the American-born population.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/08/19/migrants-to-the-u-s-more-religious-than-american-born-population-new-pew-study-shows/feed/ 0 Who is the ‘Laughing Buddha’? A scholar of East Asian Buddhism explains https://religionnews.com/2024/08/19/who-is-the-laughing-buddha-a-scholar-of-east-asian-buddhism-explains/ https://religionnews.com/2024/08/19/who-is-the-laughing-buddha-a-scholar-of-east-asian-buddhism-explains/#respond Mon, 19 Aug 2024 14:31:36 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4162607&preview=true&preview_id=4162607 (The Conversation) — The ‘Laughing Buddha’ shows how people have adapted Buddhism to different cultural and historical contexts.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/08/19/who-is-the-laughing-buddha-a-scholar-of-east-asian-buddhism-explains/feed/ 0 Online schools bridge the gap between yoga mat and Ph.D. https://religionnews.com/2024/08/07/online-yoga-schools-fill-the-gap-between-ytt-and-phd/ https://religionnews.com/2024/08/07/online-yoga-schools-fill-the-gap-between-ytt-and-phd/#respond Wed, 07 Aug 2024 21:19:24 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4160526 (RNS) — For practitioners and students seeking deeper yoga knowledge, online yoga schools led by scholars fill the gap. 

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/08/07/online-yoga-schools-fill-the-gap-between-ytt-and-phd/feed/ 0 As nations face off in Olympics, interfaith chaplain corps unites to serve athletes https://religionnews.com/2024/07/29/as-nations-face-off-in-olympic-competition-faith-leaders-unite-to-serve-athletes/ https://religionnews.com/2024/07/29/as-nations-face-off-in-olympic-competition-faith-leaders-unite-to-serve-athletes/#respond Mon, 29 Jul 2024 19:18:08 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4159546 (RNS) — 'We have a synagogue, a church, a Buddhist temple, a Hindu temple and more together,' said Rabbi Moshe Lewin, one of the chaplains in the Olympic village. Some of those ministering to the competitors are former Olympians themselves.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/07/29/as-nations-face-off-in-olympic-competition-faith-leaders-unite-to-serve-athletes/feed/ 0 UN cultural agency decides against placing Lumbini, Buddha’s birthplace in Nepal, on endangered list https://religionnews.com/2024/07/29/un-cultural-agency-decides-against-placing-lumbini-buddhas-birthplace-in-nepal-on-endangered-list/ https://religionnews.com/2024/07/29/un-cultural-agency-decides-against-placing-lumbini-buddhas-birthplace-in-nepal-on-endangered-list/#respond Mon, 29 Jul 2024 15:14:53 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4159606&preview=true&preview_id=4159606 KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Experts from UNESCO had recommended placing Lumbini on the agency's list of sites in danger, saying that the deterioration of key features to the site shows an “alarming state of conservation.”

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/07/29/un-cultural-agency-decides-against-placing-lumbini-buddhas-birthplace-in-nepal-on-endangered-list/feed/ 0 At Buddhist-Christian dialogue, finding solidarity amid shifting religious landscape https://religionnews.com/2024/07/10/at-buddhist-christian-dialogue-finding-solidarity-amid-shifting-religious-landscape/ https://religionnews.com/2024/07/10/at-buddhist-christian-dialogue-finding-solidarity-amid-shifting-religious-landscape/#respond Wed, 10 Jul 2024 20:58:59 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4156831 (RNS) — In a polarized country renegotiating the role of religion in civic life, interfaith partnerships are critical.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/07/10/at-buddhist-christian-dialogue-finding-solidarity-amid-shifting-religious-landscape/feed/ 0 Hundreds of mostly exiled Tibetans celebrate the Dalai Lama’s 89th birthday in India’s Dharamshala https://religionnews.com/2024/07/09/hundreds-of-mostly-exiled-tibetans-celebrate-the-dalai-lamas-89th-birthday-in-indias-dharamshala/ https://religionnews.com/2024/07/09/hundreds-of-mostly-exiled-tibetans-celebrate-the-dalai-lamas-89th-birthday-in-indias-dharamshala/#respond Tue, 09 Jul 2024 14:43:48 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4156658&preview=true&preview_id=4156658 DHARAMSHALA, India (AP) — The Dalai Lama has made the hillside town his headquarters since fleeing Tibet after a failed uprising against Chinese rule in 1959.

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