The thirteen-century-old Heart Sutra is only some 260 characters long, but is said to be a crystallization of all Buddhist wisdom. Instantly recognizable to many in Japan, as well as to Buddhists ...

Mahayana Buddhism is strongest in Tibet, China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, and Mongolia. Mahayana Buddhism is not a single group but a collection of Buddhist traditions: Zen Buddhism, Pure Land Buddhism, ...

The Gandharan Buddhist manuscripts are leading scholars to rethink the origins of Mahayana Buddhism. Richard Salomon looks at what we can learn from the recently-unearthed texts. More than twenty ...

Sakyamuni Gauthama Buddha’s teaching is primarily concerned with the single problem common to all mankind – the problem of Dukkha or Suffering and how to bring it to an end. The missionary vehicle ...

A new Indian facsimile edition of the Gilgit Lotus Sutra - an important document of Mahayana Buddhism - written in Sanskrit has brought the last teachings of Gautama Buddha before his death to ...

Evangelicals who discuss theology need to understand the branches. Given how hard it is to be indifferent, it’s not surprising that Buddhist expansion 2,000 years ago ran into a wall. Many people did ...