Hindu scholars have offered various interpretations of the nature and origin of demons. According to the Hindu philosopher and theologian, Adi Shankaracharya, demons are not separate entities, but ...

A traveller journeys across Southeast Asia to trace Suvarnabhumi, following ancient Indian sea routes through food, faith, ...

An exhilarating account of Bowie’s spirituality and the quasi-religious nature of his work, from Space Oddity to Blackstar ...

Explore the ancient walled city of Lo Manthang in Upper Mustang, where Tibetan Buddhist heritage, monasteries, and living traditions endure.

Fundamentally, what moves people is when they believe they’re fighting for something that’s part of them. If it’s purely ...

There are many others who point out that sometimes God's responses change, because He: alters course, changes His relationship with humans, forgives, judges, regrets, relents, revises, etc. His ...

This doesn’t matter much to our narrator, Jill “Doll” Blaine, who has so far comforted 342 dying souls, each equally “a person who had not willed himself into this world and was now being taken out of ...

Elephants are revered in many religions, including Hinduism and Buddhism. Discover how the elephant earned this elevated status.

A group of Buddhist monks is walking from Texas to Washington, D.C., spreading a message of peace and gaining supporters as they stop in local communities along the way.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hotei hands out gifts to children. Detail of print by Kuniyoshi Utagawa, 1798-1861, via Wikimedia Commons The new year brings a ...

The Dalai Lama delivered major news for the future of Tibetan Buddhism and its millions of followers, from China to Texas, last month when he announced he would reincarnate a successor to lead the ...

How fortuitous or how planned that I have taken up the topic of reincarnation and sent out a survey to my dear readers to share their beliefs as to whether our souls are implanted in a new body after ...