In East Asia, Buddhists celebrate the Buddha’s death and entrance into final enlightenment in February. But at my local Zen temple in North Carolina, the Buddha’s enlightenment is commemorated during ...

A widespread interpretation of Buddhist thought concerning the self makes a prominent place for the claim that there is no self. This claim is motivated, in Buddhist philosophy, by the idea that if ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information The Eastern Buddhist carries articles on all aspects of Buddhism as well as English translations of classical Buddhist texts and ...

Buddhists accounted for about 4.1% of the global population in 2020, according to the Pew Research Center. Between 2010 and 2020, the global Buddhist population declined by roughly 5%, from around 343 ...