Eating glass. Fire walking. Sword swallowing. These acts that shock and delight have roots in the real and mythical practices ...

Often called a kundi or kundika, particularly in Buddhist literature, some of the earliest known examples of the kamandalu ...

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 ...

The White Lotus actually went there in Sunday’s episode and the Ratliff brothers have locked lips. Fans are reeling from the ...

To sit down and meditate or kneel down and pray is possibly the most radical option we have. Finding silence and stillness ...

Donna and Al were committed conservationists, both raised in the West by parents who also led healthy, active lives. Donna’s ...

The Texas Senate has passed a pair of bills to introduce religion in public schools. One would require the Ten Commandments ...

Religious types insist that contradictions in sacred scriptures are not cardinal flaws. They blame it on artistic ...

In fact, they often shorten it themselves—with 168 letters, it’s the longest place name in the world. Ready? It is this: ...

Louisiana has used nitrogen gas to put a man to death, marking the first time the state has used that execution method ...

While excavating the Ta Prohm temple in Angkor in 1927, a team of archaeologists discovered the head (and only the head) of a Buddha statue. They then brought their find—which has been dated to the 12 ...