(RNS) — The fast-evolving list was met with blowback from critics who suggested its changes were an attempt to impose Christian nationalism on the military.

(RNS) — Why the Department of Defense's recent decision to eliminate more than 180 religious affiliation codes has me deeply concerned.

(RNS) — The new list includes 31 recognized faiths, most of them Christian denominations.

Shao Fan discusses painting, repetition, Buddhism and the experience of time in this conversation accompanying Refrain at White Cube.

(RNS) — At the convening of technologists, theologians and investors, the most urgent questions about artificial intelligence turned out to have some of the oldest answers.

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A typical American teen, he grew up loving rap music, video games and football. He is also an aspiring spiritual leader who, from an early age, was recognized by the Dalai Lama and other Tibetan Buddhist leaders as a reincarnated lama.

Attention is endangered. It is what Silicon Valley has learned to capture and commoditize. It is what LLMs pretend to offer by speaking in the first-person singular, often in a sycophantic voice. It is what my iPhone takes from me. It is what Donald Trump constantly demands. To understand why our attention should be valuable […]

Starting at the birthplace of Buddhism, a writer traces how its teachings spread across Asia, transforming the continent forever.

(RNS) — Asked to comment on the suit, a USDA spokesperson said: ‘While we do not comment on pending litigation, we will keep the plaintiffs in our prayers during this process.’

“Snarled, knotted—these neurons got as tangledAs the hair on top. The living are snaggedIn their own matted mess, they are this thatch.Who, I ask you, can fix such a tangle?”“A person. Ethical. Concentrating. Insightful. Methodical yet ardent.Someone who has fully accepted this task.This person can unravel the tangle.“Desire, hatred, and ignorance fadeWhile you pay attention […]

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Tibetan spiritual leader the 14th Dalai Lama has urged Buddhists worldwide to integrate the teachings of Gautama Buddha into their daily lives. Speaking on the occasion of Vesak, he emphasized the timeless relevance of compassion and non-violence for modern challenges.

Priest enlightened himself of the burdens incurred when paying for insurance. I think most of us view Buddhist priests as centered people who aren’t swayed by the materialistic temptations that cause some to commit crime. But much like snowflakes, all Buddhist priests are unique creations of their own karma, and there are even some who […]

(RNS) — The sensei said this is the first time the Zen Center has memorialized an AI companion, but he doesn’t foresee it being the last.

Gyalwang Drukpa, head of the Drukpa lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, is visiting Vietnam for a number of activities focused on prayers for peace, including a major Dharma assembly at Tay Thien Mandala. His delegation arrived at Noi Bai Airport in Hanoi on the morning of April 15, and was welcomed by hundreds of Buddhist monks, nuns and followers. It is the 13th visit to Vietnam by the supreme…

(AP) — Dozens of other structures were spared thanks to timely action on the part of monks and staff members at the monastery who are no strangers to dealing with fires — whether they are sparked by faulty wiring or by the gusting winds in the wild.

(RNS) — Christian nationalists' preferred framing of American politics as 'secular left vs. Christian' is false.

(RNS) — Before the deportation crackdown began, ministers of all faiths had been supporting social justice movements, not leading them. In recent months, they have rediscovered their historic roles.

The case for letting money flow instead of holding on for dear life.

"Here lies the paradox of solitude. Look long and hard enough at yourself in isolation and suddenly you will see the rest of humanity staring back."

The unusual fair, now in its second year, has broached the subject that's uncomfortable for many. It's also one of the central teachings of Buddhism, which shapes much of Thailand's culture, about life’s unavoidable sufferings: birth, old age, sickness and death.

"We are cheating ourselves when we run away from the ambiguity of loneliness."

"Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible be found in us."

Rooted in the Buddhist teaching of the bardo − states of ‘in-between’ − the text offers a way to understand death, life and transformation as deeply intertwined.

Chopra’s friendship with Epstein is dismaying, in part for what it says about the spiritual and wellness culture he exemplifies.

ROSEMEAD, Calif. (AP) — Every Lunar New Year, the Wei Mountain Temple in Rosemead, California, publicly displays what it calls the “10,000 Buddha Relics," though the actual number contained in several glass display cases and miniature stupas or reliquaries is far larger, according to the temple’s founder, Master YongHua.

From Thailand comes a story that’s pure Hollywood: police going undercover as festival lion dancers to nab a suspected art thief. Dressed as the rump and head of a large Asian lion costume during Lunar New Year festivities, the police sprang upon the suspect and took him into custody, phone cameras mercifully recorded. Bangkok police […]

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"To live, we must die every instant. We must perish again and again in the storms that make life possible."

How to keep your soul from leaving you.

It was a day that some locals said was unlike any other they had ever seen when the party of Buddhist monks arrived barefoot on the steps of the National Cathedral, as snow still covered the ground. “This is the moment I will remember for the rest of my life,” said the leader of the […]

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