Secularization appears to be less about strident disbelief and more about a gradual erosion that happens alongside shifts in social structures that once allowed religious practice to flourish ...

For most of her 34 years, Thanh’s spiritual life had been defined by the steady, rhythmic rituals at the local Buddhist temple. The traditional prayer chants of her youth felt suddenly distant as her ...

A traveler's spiritual quest in Bodh Gaya took an unexpected turn upon witnessing the stark realities of poverty surrounding the sacred Mahabodhi Temple. Confronted by hardship, she realized that true ...

Paolo Venturelli never gets too close when he visits Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper.” The Dominican friar prefers to stand away from the wall where it was painted, on the opposite side of the ...

The Burmese meditation master Sayagyi U Ba Khin played a key role in shaping the meditation retreats that are popular today.

Birkat Hagomel is, fundamentally, a prayer of thanksgiving.

While the faith-based marchers failed to push the Clear Horizons Act through the state legislature, it spread prayers for the ...

Katherine Nguyen stood with hands folded and head bowed at the altar of a Buddhist temple in Southern California. Related ...

Rooted in the Buddhist teaching of the bardo − states of ‘in-between’ − the text offers a way to understand death, life and transformation as deeply intertwined.

When praying at a Shintō shrine, it is customary to bow twice, clap twice, and then bow once more at the conclusion of one’s invocation—nirei, nihakushu, ichirei in Japanese. By contrast, the accepted ...

In a small Buddhist temple in Dickson, Bhutanese Canberrans joined a grieving family in prayer so their beloved boy may journey peacefully into the afterlife.

LUANG PRABANG, Laos (AP) — The day begins in darkness, lit only by street lamps. As dawn breaks, a pale blue light reveals a quiet line of monks in orange robes moving through the streets of the Lao ...