This video explains the basics of Buddhism, from its beginnings with Siddhartha Gautama to its spread across Asia and beyond. Viewers learn about core ideas like the Four Noble Truths, the Eightfold ...

Ever since he was a child growing up in Duluth, Steve Hagen desired to know truth. "I wanted to know what's going on and to not be fooled. I wanted to know what was real and genuine and true," he said ...

Gen Kelsang Lhadron: We have a Sunday morning class with a 20-minute guided meditation and we give a 45-minute teaching on some aspect of Buddhist philosophy that I hope people find practical for ...

What you should know about the basics of Buddha’s life and teaching. Buddhism benefits from a superb public image in America, judging by the comments students offered during the eight years I taught a ...

These classes will be an exploration of the Buddhist tradition. What is the difference between Theravada and Mahayana? What is Zen and what makes it different? What is "metta"? In these three classes ...

George Jeffus, with the Nichiren Buddhist Temple of Portland, rings a bell 108 times to symbolize the 108 earthly desires at the start of a Portland Buddhist Festival at Colonel Summers Park.

Buddhism never used a sword for its spread, not in the sense of the conquest of the world by Columbus and his followers, and Abrahamic religions down the centuries. There is no Sword of Buddhism.

For more information and to view other events happening this week, check the Vail Daily’s events calendar in the print paper and online at http://www.vaildaily.com ...