(The Conversation) — A scholar of digital religion and Buddhism argues that not all Western Buddhism practice is inauthentic. Here’s a way to know what’s real. My curiosity about the authenticity of ...

Psychotherapist Mark Epstein is known for lucidly mapping the ways in which Buddhism can enrich Western approaches to psychology. In his books, starting with the publication of “Thoughts Without a ...

North Americans have heard much about “mindfulness” practice, and much of it is only indirectly derived from historical Buddhist practices. This talk introduces a quite different style of historical ...

Fact versus Fiction 1. Buddhism is not a religion. It is often referred to as "the science of the mind" and is concerned with developing skills to deepen self-awareness and compassion and increase ...

Sally Rossow of The Woodlands is part of a Zen Mind Buddhist Sangha study group that meets on the first and third Sunday evenings at 6 p.m. at the Northwoods Universalist Unitarian Church, located at ...

Buddhism (Fojiao 佛教) is the largest officially recognized religion in China. The share of Buddhists in China ranges from 4% to 33%, depending on the measure used and whether it is based on surveys ...

According to a book recently published by South Korea´s largest Buddhist denomination, Buddhism in the country now accepts "Southern" Buddhist disciplines such as "Vipassana" (insight meditation), as ...

Are human beings hard-wired to be perpetually dissatisfied? Author Robert Wright, who teaches about the interface of evolutionary biology and religion, thinks so. Wright points out that evolution ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thai men can be ordained from a few days to the rest of their lives. Pakin Songmor/Moment via Getty Images The new season of “The ...

The legal profession is grappling with a fundamental question: can lawyers build successful practices while maintaining ethical integrity and personal wellbeing? Traditional legal business models ...