(RNS) — The author began practicing Buddhism while in prison, meditating daily and keeping a gratitude journal. He now aims to help other convicts as a field minister through the North Carolina Field ...

More than 45 years ago, Tibetan monks introduced Richard Gere to Buddhism, which led to his now-longtime friendship with the ...

The Indo-Iranian Journal (IIJ), founded in 1957, is a peer-reviewed journal that focuses on the ancient and medieval languages and cultures of South Asia and of pre-Islamic Iran. It publishes articles ...

PEAKS AND LAMAS—Marco Pallis—Knopf ($5). When Marco Pallis first went to India in 1933 he was mainly interested in climbing mountains. He climbed some. He also debunked the notion that Europeans can ...

For about a year after Ruth Ozeki’s father died in 1998, she would hear him clearly calling her name while she washed the dishes or folded laundry. The award-winning author, filmmaker and Soto Zen ...