Buddhist anarchists believe that complying with the unjust rules of society makes it almost impossible to follow the Buddha’s Dhamma. Just to survive in this world we have to exploit, to cheat, to ...

Myanmar’s military regime unveiled a large Maravijaya Buddha statue in a massive religious ceremony, which critics describe as an attempt to distract from the junta’s brutal leadership. The military ...

A Buddhist monk sits in front of a classroom of children in a small town in rural Myanmar. He chants lines which the students dutifully repeat, as they do every week at these Buddhist ‘Sunday school’ ...

A government-appointed body that regulates Myanmar's Buddhist clergy has again banned an ultranationalist organization known for its anti-Muslim rhetoric, ordering it to remove its posters and ...

Buddhist nuns, photographed here in Mandalay, Myanmar, wear a pink robe, instead of the red or orange ones worn by the monks. (Credit: CC BY-SA 4.0 via Courthouse News) Buddhist nuns, photographed ...

People in Myanmar and abroad are mourning the death of a prominent Buddhist monk who was hailed as a courageous voice against intolerance and military dictatorship and who promoted interfaith harmony.