Religious traditions across cultures have often treated menstruation and childbirth as sources of ritual impurity. In Chinese Buddhism, the “Blood Bowl Scripture” condemned women to “Blood Pond Hell.” ...

A group of Buddhist monks walked from Fort Worth, Texas, to Washington, D.C., in the name of peace. The 108-day pilgrimage ...

In some cultures, menstruation and childbirth are treated as polluting, not life-giving. One Buddhist text’s interpretation ...

Jetavanaramaya, a colossal fourth-century Sri Lankan stupa, was once among the world’s largest structures — a vast and ancient brick-built engineering marvel born out of religious rivalry that has ...

It is both an honour and a pleasure to address you on this occasion as we gather to celebrate International Philosophy Day. Established by UNESCO and supported by the United Nations, this day serves ...

Figure 1: Ding Fubao (1874 - 1952), pictured in uniform along with medical models. From Foxue da cidian 佛學大辭典 (The Great Dictionary of Buddhism) (Shanghai: Yixue shuju, 1922). Figure 2: Editor's note ...

Did Buddhism exist in Upper Egypt and the Lower Meroitic Empire? The answer appears to be yes. It was in Memphis that English Egyptologist and archaeologist W. M. Flinders Petrie found evidence of ...

Archaeologists in Afghanistan have discovered exceptionally rare pieces of an ancient Buddhist manuscript dated to around the seventh century AD at an ancient settlement near Kabul. In the spring of ...

Evagrius is depicted in a manuscript from Kaffa in the Armenian monastery of St. Anthony the Great, containing the text of the Lives of the Desert Fathers of Egypt. (Wikimedia Commons) In spiritual ...

A Python application for uploading text segments, table of contents, and commentary mappings to the WebBuddhist API. This project provides tools for processing and uploading Buddhist texts with their ...

A Chino Valley teacher faces termination after an online campaign criticized her social media posts following the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Opponents argue a reposted quote from a ...

In this episode of FO° Talks, Fair Observer Contributing Editor Anton Schauble and clinical psychologist and meditation teacher Tucker Peck discuss his approach to Buddhism and his book, Sanity and ...