Greek Buddhist monk’s four decades of meditation practice culminates in new publication examining how meditation can lead to ...

NPR readers of different belief systems share the poignant rituals that make them feel close to their spirituality. For some, ...

A Vajrayana Buddhist monk of French heritage and a PhD in genetics, Matthieu Ricard is the author of ‘Notebooks of a Wandering Monk’. Here, he talks about mindfulness ...

And she does it with a lot of flair! Her book Money, Myths and Mantras is a testament to that. The writing is engaging and democratic, making complex financial jargons easily understandable to a ...

In his book, Pyrrhonism: How the ancient Greeks reinvented Buddhism (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books 2008), Adrian Kuzminski, a scholar, provides plausible arguments to show that Buddhism influenced some ...

On the night of Mahashivratri, while some people prefer to observe silent meditation, others chant mantras to keep their mind aligned with the energies of Lord Shiva. The most common and easy ...

On the night of Mahashivratri, while some people prefer to observe silent meditation, others chant mantras to keep their mind aligned with the energies of Lord Shiva. The most common and easy ...

“There’s a lot of Buddhist influence on this record ... Forms of Violence,” includes what is known as the White Tara mantra, a prayer associated with longevity and wisdom that the band ...

In “Wrain,” tantra and mantra are referenced along with the transitional state between death and rebirth, Bardo, the Tibetan meaning for the intermediate state in “Red Sky.” “Buddhism ...

And one of our mantras is that rest is productive. So meditation, breathing exercise, whatever activity that connects you with the present moment is going to be beneficial for you, for your ...