On the floor of a Zen Buddhist worship space in an apartment building in Washington, D.C., about 15 people recently sat on meditation cushions. They chant sutras and meditate, in complete silence, for ...

Among world religions, only Buddhism and Christianity attach a central significance to the role of relics. These two traditions, however, are different in both conceptual and material terms. In ...

For Victor Thach, a 63-year-old San Jose resident who escaped the instability of post-war Vietnam and landed in the United States in 1986, a Buddhist temple on San Jose’s Sunset Court represents a ...

SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A controversial proposal to build a Buddhist center in Bonsall is scheduled to go before the San Diego County Board of Supervisors Wednesday. The Dai Dang Meditation Center, which ...