Buddhists
Gallup poll: More than half of Americans rarely go to church
By Bob Smietana — March 25, 2024
(RNS) — The percentage of Americans who never attend services outnumbers those who go every week, according to a new Gallup report.
Meditative mothering? How Buddhism honors both compassionate caregiving and celibate monks and nuns
By Liz Wilson — May 12, 2023
(The Conversation) — The lines between family life and Buddhist monasticism are not so ‘either/or’ as they might seem.
Amid threats, California lawmaker calls bill barring caste discrimination ‘right thing to do’
By Alejandra Molina — April 25, 2023
(RNS) — Groups such as the Hindu American Foundation and the Coalition of Hindus of North America say the bill targets Hindus and Indian Americans who are commonly associated with the caste system.
Minnesota Buddhist temple opens up sacred dance troupe
By Giovanna Dell'orto — February 13, 2023
HAMPTON, Minn. (AP) — Founded by refugees fleeing the Khmer Rouge regime, which sought to eradicate most religious institutions, the troupe hopes to teach young children sacred dance to strengthen their ties to both Buddhism and Cambodian traditions.
Activists seek to preserve ‘sacred’ land Japanese immigrants acquired before CA’s anti-immigrant land laws
By Alejandra Molina — April 1, 2022
(RNS) — 'When you remove these things from the landscape that tell other views, other chapters of American history, people lose that connection, and they don’t often consider them part of American history.'
Thich Nhat Hanh, who worked for decades to teach mindfulness, approached death in that same spirit
By Brooke Schedneck — January 24, 2022
(The Conversation) — Thich Nhat Hanh’s teachings, which earned him a global following, gave simple instructions on mindfulness and emphasized how it could be practiced anytime, even when doing routine chores.
Prayer apps are flooding the market, but how well do they work?
By Dorian Llywelyn — November 26, 2021
(The Conversation) — A scholar of Christian spirituality argues that prayers are meant to bring together a faith community – something apps aren’t likely to achieve.
Six arrested in burglary of an Arkansas Buddhist temple, in what may be a nationwide spree
By Yonat Shimron — May 5, 2021
(RNS) — A string of Buddhist temple burglaries has taken place in the last month, including in Southern California, Arizona, Oklahoma and North Carolina.
Mindfulness meditation is now a staple in public schools, and thanks to Zoom, widely accessible
By Yonat Shimron — April 30, 2021
(RNS) — In many schools, meditation advocates have reframed religious practices such as meditation and yoga as secular to avoid legal challenges.
At online symposium, Pope Francis says religions can eradicate sexual abuse together
By Claire Giangravé — April 13, 2021
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — After decades of child sexual abuse scandals, the Catholic Church is ready to share its successes — and failures — with other religious and lay institutions.
How South Asian Americans are reckoning with Partition’s legacy 72 years later
By Harmeet Kamboj — August 14, 2019
(RNS) — While we often talk about the calamity of 9/11, it's impossible to ignore the legacy of the 1947 Partition of India, whose 72nd anniversary is this week, in the sometimes troubled relations between South Asian American communities today.
Who are Sri Lanka’s Christians?
By Mathew Schmalz — April 22, 2019
(The Conversation) — Sri Lanka’s 21 million Christians, the majority of them Roman Catholics, have a long history that reflects the dynamics of colonialism as well as present-day ethnic and religious tensions.
In strife-torn Myanmar, love trumps hate for a Muslim-Buddhist couple
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — December 30, 2017
(AP)When a Buddhist widow married a Rohingya Muslim, her parents disowned her. The couple lives in fear in the shadow of violence.
Boats carrying fleeing Rohingya sink in Bangladesh; 26 dead
By Yonat Shimron — August 31, 2017
COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh (AP) — Ethnic violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state forced at least 18,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee into neighboring Bangladesh.
In Myanmar, one girl’s plight epitomizes Rohingya struggle
By Yonat Shimron — July 5, 2017
DAR PAING, Myanmar (AP) More than 120,000 Rohingya Muslims were forced into a series of camps in western Myanmar as a result of the government's policy of persecution, segregation and neglect.
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