She is now Professor of Japanese Religions in the Religion Department of Princeton University ... and traditions related to the Lotus Sūtra, especially Tendai and Nichiren Buddhism.

The religious beliefs of people along the Silk Road at the beginning of the 1st century BCE were very different from what they would later become. When China defeated the nomadic Xiongnu confederation ...

Respecting and protecting the freedom of religious belief is a fundamental policy of the CPC and the Chinese government. This basic policy means: every Chinese citizen has the freedom to believe ...

The wise who practise jhana [training of the mind] concentration and Insight Meditation take delight in the peace of liberation from sensual pleasures and moral defilements.

Mahayana Buddhists aim to become Bodhisattvas rather than Arhats. A Bodhisattva is someone who believes that their own enlightenment is not as important as helping others to reach enlightenment ...

The fundamental point here, of course, is that Confucianism could not exist without Daoism and Buddhism, and East Asian religion and philosophy have been characterized by their syncretic nature ...

There can be a homage paid to the Buddha, this would be repeated three times. There could be verses from Tibetan, Mahayana and Theravada literature depending upon the personal beliefs of the deceased.

The main religions are Buddhism, Islam, Catholicism and Christianity, China's indigenous Taoism, along with Shamanism, Eastern Orthodox Christianity and the Naxi people's Dongba religion.

With more than 2bn adherents, Christianity is the world’s largest religion and—though it might not always feel like it in the smugly secularising West—is still growing in many regions.

Includes instruction in ethical theory, history of ethics, belief and value systems ... and study of one or more of the main branches including Early Buddhism, Hinayana, Theravada, Madhyamaka, ...

Rupert first became interested in Buddhism when studying for a degree in Comparative Religion at the University of Manchester in the late 1970s ... whether Theravada, Tibetan, Chan, Nichiren, etc. Ivy ...