DHARAMSHALA, India (RNS) — The aging Dalai Lama has said that perhaps he will not reincarnate and that succession through nomination, instead of reincarnation, could be a way to continue his of...
NEW DELHI (RNS) The immolation took place days before the March 10 anniversary of the failed 1959 uprising by Tibetans against Chinese rule. The post Tibetan Buddhist who self-immolated in Indi...
https://religionnews.com/2016/03/04/tibet-buddhist-india-self-immolation178072/
KATHMANDU, Nepal (RNS) A 7.8-magnitude earthquake shattered many of Nepal's most famous religious sites but doesn't seem to have shaken the faith of its people. The post Amid Nepal’s shattere...
https://religionnews.com/2015/04/30/amid-nepals-shattered-shrines-temples-religious-fatalism-sets/
(RNS) Authorities in Thailand are preparing to arrest and possibly defrock a senior Buddhist monk on charges of insurrection and breach of Buddhist discipline for leading anti-government protests...
https://religionnews.com/2014/02/05/thailand-looks-arrest-buddhist-monk-insurrection/
(RNS) Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono may be the first Indonesian president to acknowledge publicly he believes in witchcraft. In a recently published memoir, he describes a “horror movie” style enc...
https://religionnews.com/2014/01/21/indonesian-president-says-believes-witchcraft/
(RNS) After its parliament voted to limit a husband’s right to have non-consensual sex with his wife, the president of the Maldives vetoed the bill calling it "un-Islamic." The post Maldives ...
https://religionnews.com/2014/01/16/maldives-president-vetoes-marital-rape-bill-un-islamic/
NEW DELHI (RNS) Organized jointly by confederations of churches and Muslim groups in India, the demonstrators demanded affirmative action for Dalits (formerly “untouchables”) who have convert...
https://religionnews.com/2013/12/11/christian-muslim-dalits-beaten-new-delhi-protest/
(RNS) India’s school policy considers yoga an integral component of physical education. But the court has expressed caution, and is considering arguments that yoga has a religious component. ...
https://religionnews.com/2013/10/28/yoga-religious-indian-court-mulls-mandatory-school-exercises/
(RNS) For Ani Choying Drolma, nicknamed the “rock star nun,” singing and performing with top musicians is a way to take the essence of Buddha’s teachings to the world and help people in nee...
https://religionnews.com/2013/10/09/nuns-devotional-songs-take-buddhas-message-beyond-nepal/
(RNS) A Christian nun elected the first woman bishop of South Asia’s Anglican community said her appointment has so far silenced critics who believe only men can play leadership roles in the ch...
https://religionnews.com/2013/10/02/first-anglican-woman-bishop-india-says-critics-silent/