Bhante Saranapala started his monastic life when he was 10 years old and has been practicing Buddhism ever since. Now 53, the Toronto-based monk leads weekly meditation sessions and monthly retreats ...

By measuring the magnetic fields of the brain, researchers found that different contemplative practices uniquely change how ...

Two researchers of Buddhism studied hundreds of Buddhism-related apps and conclude that they tend to mask the symptoms of stress rather than fundamentally addressing the root problem. As it is ...

As it is practiced in the US today, mindfulness meditation focuses on being intensely aware, without any sort of judgment, of what one is sensing and feeling in the given moment. Mindfulness practice ...

SILVER CITY – Nestled inside a walled house, located one block from the Western New Mexico University campus, the Silver City Zen Center has been offering meditation and Buddhism to Grant County ...

Since mindfulness is something you can practice at home for free, it often sounds like the perfect tonic for stress and ...

Are human beings hard-wired to be perpetually dissatisfied? Author Robert Wright, who teaches about the interface of evolutionary biology and religion, thinks so. Wright points out that evolution ...

When the renovations are complete, a former church in Southwest will hold an 8-foot Buddha in its main hall, with space for more than 200 people to pray and attend meditation classes. The Kadampa ...

The Rev. Teijo Munnich has been called "relentless" when it comes to her style of meditation. That's because, she said, most of her Zen Buddhist forbearers have been men. "I think it's been developed ...