Shima, Japan’s sea-women, carry on a centuries-old tradition of freediving for seafood, blending adventure with cultural ...

Japan is often labeled an atheist country — a claim that depends on how you define religion. Yet, for a nation perceived as ...

Religious and mythological texts have become vital mediums that act as a link between us and the gods that we believe in ...

Surrounded by the vast Pacific Ocean, Japan’s Ise-Shima region is a place where ancient traditions, spirituality and the great outdoors collide.

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Professor Morrison began teaching at Middlebury College in 2003, just before completing her Ph.D. in religious studies from Stanford University. She teaches classes on the Buddhist tradition and ...

In a monastery in central Myanmar, a Buddhist monk, Wathawa, rallies his militia with a cry: “What’s our spirit like?” “The spirit of iron!” shout a group of rifle-bearing men ...

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The Eleven-Faced Kannon statue, the temple’s principal deity believed to have been created ... of the Buddha,” one of the few existing Buddhist paintings from the Heian Period (794-1185 ...

We had not visited San Francisco in 20 years to write a travel story, so we were quite overdue when we decided to go in ...

From Pigeon post service and history of 'Mandala' to Mahakumbh at Prayagraj and more — check your progress and revise your ...