(THE CONVERSATION) Mother’s Day offers an opportunity to reflect on what motherhood means in different religions and cultures. As a scholar of Buddhism and gender, I know how complicated Buddhist ...

Buddhist devotees stand in a queue to light butter lamps during Buddha Jayanti or Buddha Purnima festival at the Boudhanath Stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Thursday. The Associated Press A devotee knelt ...

Vesak marks the Buddha’s birth, enlightenment, and passing—all in one day. Celebrated by millions, it’s a time of reflection, generosity, and reverence across Buddhist traditions.

Shortly after dawn, more than 200 monks from an order of Tibetan exiles carry carefully bundled scriptures and 108 gold-gilt Buddha statues in a long procession toward the site revered as Siddhartha ...

Prince Siddhartha with his foster mother Mahaprajapati. A 1910 painting by Maligawage Sarlis. Photo by MediaJet, 2009 via Wikimedia Commons Megan Bryson, University of Tennessee Mother’s Day offers an ...