A minor in Buddhist studies is an excellent adjunct to majors in such fields as religion, philosophy, American studies, anthropology, art history, Asian studies, comparative literature, East Asian ...

Ethics and morality create a win-win collectively and individually. For society en masse, when large numbers of people live by a moral code, it makes the world safer, kinder, and more just. But ...

With an estimated 500 million followers worldwide, Buddhism has had a far-reaching impact on constitutional design and reform in many countries. Yet, the relationship between the religion and this ...

A new study published in March 2026 in the journal Springer shows that experienced meditators can exhibit measurable brainwave changes within just 30 seconds of starting meditation. The research, ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Scientists have spent 14 years scanning the brain of a buddhist monk. Their findings suggest daily meditation could help ...

A March 2026 study reveals that experienced meditators can show measurable brainwave changes within 30 seconds of starting a ...

Buddhist studies scholar Frances Garrett has been appointed as the inaugural director of the newly launched Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Centre for Buddhist Studies at the University of Toronto.

A new study suggests that people with high levels of neuroticism and stress may be at greater risk for depressive symptoms, but those links could be buffered for people who observe the five precepts ...

The results showed that following the meditation period, practitioners of the DY style of meditation showed a dramatic improvement on both the mental rotation task and the visual memory task compared ...

New research is making the case that just a couple of minutes of meditation can have a meaningful impact on our well-being, ...

A study of 37 Tibetan Buddhist monks suggests that long-term, deep meditation could positively affect the gut microbiome. The research is published in General Psychiatry. In the era of “wellness”, an ...