The Lion Capital of Ashoka: A Statue’s Roaring Symbolism
The elegantly carved feline figures from the third century B.C., unearthed by the British in northern India, embody both ...
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Harvard and MIT students explore Buddhism, meditation, and GNH in Bhutan
Bhutan’s unique approach to development, based on Buddhism and the philosophy of Gross National Happiness, continues to ...
Religion News Service1d
Remembering China’s Empress Dowager Ling, a Buddhist who paved the way for future female rulers
The empress, like many other rulers at the time, legitimized her reign through Buddhism, portraying herself either as a ...
'The White Lotus' Season 3 Is the Series’ Darkest Installment So Far, and This Week’s Episode Proves It
Series creator Mike White had teased that Season 3 would be a much darker installment in The White Lotus, even musing that ...
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When bad things happen to good people
Harold S. Kushner, an American rabbi, wrote a book with the title: When Bad Things Happen to Good People, which became a ...
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GMC: A two-decade vision for sustainable development
Special Administrative Region (SAR) is an ambitious 20-year development plan that aims to redefine sustainable urban living.
Caprock Chronicles: Stubb’s barbecue was a culture catalyst in Lubbock (and Austin), Pt. 2
Today’s article about Stubb Stubblefield and Stubb’s Legendary Bar-B-Que is the second of a two-part series by frequent ...
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Hopeful Thinking:The humility of agnosticism and dharma
I’ve always bristled at the idea that God needs us to worship It. Maybe ‘needs’ isn’t the right word. Maybe God ‘wants’ our ...
30 years after deadly Tokyo subway gassing, survivors and victims' families still seeking closure
Thirty years on from the fatal sarin nerve gas attack in Tokyo’s subway network, survivors and families who lost loved ones ...
Justice Gorsuch's Dissent in Death Penalty / Religious Objection Case
In Tuesday's Hoffman v. Westcott, the Court denied a stay of execution; Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson would have granted a stay, but didn't write ...
The Christian Century2d
US hands over Tibetan Buddhism relics to China
The recent transfer of cultural artifacts, including several Tibetan Buddhist relics, from the US to China may help advance the Chinese government’s efforts to distort Tibet’s history and appropriate ...