The Greek colonies of Central Asia that had been left behind after the collapse of the empire of Alexander the Great had, by the 1st century BCE, largely converted from Greco-Roman paganism to ...

When the great King Anawrahta of Pagan united the whole of Burma into a single kingdom in the eleventh century and made Theravada Buddhism the national religion, there were already in existence a ...

Some followers of Buddhism consider it to be a religion, while others think of it as a philosophy, practice, or way of life. The reason for the discrepancy is that there are many schools of ...

The United States has a “relatively low level of religious nationalism” compared to other countries, but its impact on ...

Once Nirvana is achieved, and the enlightened individual physically dies, the belief is that they will ... souls or an eternal creator God? Anicca - Buddhism teaches that nothing is permanent.

Many of us identify with a particular religion or set of beliefs ... And while it is common to come across a fellow Christian, Buddhist, Jew, or Muslim, it isn't so typical to run into someone ...