Today’s post will follow up from one last week: Would a Buddhist Affirm that belief in God is a Delusion? It also relates to a great post last year by a University of the West student at a blog set up ...

THE QUESTION above is a headline at the Web site of Tricycle, a U.S. Buddhist magazine. THE RELIGION GUY’S ANSWER: Tricycle magazine is “unaffiliated with any particular teacher, sect, or lineage” and ...

The Buddha did not claim to be in any way divine, nor does Buddhism involve the idea of a personal god. The Dhammapada, 165. The Buddha did not claim to be in any way divine, nor does Buddhism involve ...

This is the story of how a young man came to be known as The Buddha ("Buddha" means "awakened one"). He was not a god. He was a human being like you and me. As with all ancient tales, we can't know ...

In the long cycle of Vishnu’s ten avatars, each descent of the divine carries a purpose — to protect dharma, to restore balance, to renew creation. Yet one avatar stands apart from the rest: Buddha, ...

My four year-old nephew and two year-old niece believe passionately in Santa Claus. In many ways they are like any religious people – they suspend the evidence of their eyes and ears for faith in a ...