Practice your critical analysis skills for the MCAT with this passage and follow-up questions about Buddhism and pessimism.

A short piece about women in early Buddhism and their significance.

This site contains an essay on how Buddhists can practice generosity in their everyday lives. It describes the different kinds of giving and generosity.

Take a look at the people of Laos in this article from the U.S. State Dept. Background Notes. Find out about their language, religion, and the ethnic groups in the country.

This is a teacher-created collection of social studies lesson plans on world history. Lessons cover ancient history up to the present day.

Study the three ways of religion during Ancient China: Confucius, Taoism, and Buddhism.

A talk given on the role Buddhist lay people should play in relation to the Sangha, the Buddhist monastic orders.

This Buddhanet essay on Buddhist doctrine of dependent origination presents the theory of the cause of rebirth and suffering.

Explains what religion is, the different categories of world religions, and the major religions within each. Some facts are given about each religion, including its origin, where the name comes from, what its followers are called, and...