Tag: buddhism
What loving-kindness meditation is and how to practice it in the...
Jeremy David Engels, Penn State
A popular New Year’s resolution is to take up meditation – specifically mindfulness meditation....
Buddha’s foster mother played a key role in the orphaned prince’s...
Megan Bryson, University of Tennessee
Mother’s Day offers an opportunity to reflect on what motherhood means in different religions...
What ‘The White Lotus’ gets wrong about the meaning and goals...
Brooke Schedneck, Rhodes College
The new season of “The White Lotus” is set on a luxury resort on the...
On Bodhi Day, Buddhists commemorate Siddhartha Gautama’s enlightenment by lighting lamps...
Megan Bryson, University of Tennessee
Dec. 8 marks the celebration of Bodhi Day in Japanese Buddhism. Bodhi means enlightenment...
What is the Japanese ‘wabi-sabi’ aesthetic actually about? ‘Miserable tea’ and...
Paul S. Atkins, University of Washington
On a recent visit to New York I stopped at a Japanese bookstore...
With fewer than 1,500 Catholics in Mongolia, Pope Francis’ upcoming visit...
Huaiyu Chen, Arizona State University
Pope Francis is set to make the first-ever visit to Mongolia, a country with...
What is the rosary? Why a set of beads and prayers...
Kayla Harris, University of Dayton
It’s one of the most famous moments in modern Catholicism: the apparition of Our...
What is walking meditation?
Brooke Schedneck, Rhodes College
For Thich Nhat Hanh, the late Vietnamese monk who popularized mindfulness in the West, walking...
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Nearly a third of Pennsylvania gamblers are at risk of problem...
Gillian Russell, Penn State and Glenn Sterner, University of Kentucky
Nearly three times as many Pennsylvania adults gamble online...
