“Buddhism for Western Children” is based in part on the author’s own childhood experiences belonging to a cultlike community of enlightenment seekers.

In the second book in the Buddhism for Children series, Kelsang Gyatso retells the story of the Buddha’s enlightenment. The author—a Tibetan-born lama and founder of a worldwide network of ...

Eileen Ogintz, Taking the Kids, March 23, 2012 I'm at a magical place where people come to make wishes come true. No, not at Walt Disney World, though Disney Hong Kong isn't far.

Katie Clifton-Wright was looking for a spiritual center for her family when she began meditating at Roanoke's Dharmapala Buddhist Center last summer.

Inside the large meditation room, 10 children are circled around their teacher, alternatively squirming and listening as she explains the significance of the offerings on the altar behind her.