This is the amusing moment Bollywood artists joined a Buddhist festival in India. More than 150 foreign artists from six ...

Dr Ravia Gupta, Dr Smruti Smita Mohapatra “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it ...

The Thai Cabinet has approved a proposal to nominate Wat Phra Mahathat Woramahawihan, a historic Buddhist temple in Nakhon Si ...

Buddhism is a tradition that focuses on personal spiritual development. Buddhists strive for a deep insight into the true nature of life and do not worship gods or deities. Buddhism is a spiritual ...

Odisha’s links to Buddhism dates back to Mauryan Emperor Ashoka’s invasion of the ancient kingdom of Kalinga. But with ASI ...

“Since 1856 CE, about 350 Buddhist bronzes of the Mahayana were recovered from vihara sites raised by the Sailendras of Sumatra in the time of the Chola king Rajaraja I and Rajendra Chola I. Some of ...

Moodbidri (Karnataka): Former Karnataka Chief Minister and former Union Minister Dr M Veerappa Moily’s ‘Vishwasamskriti Mahayana’ – Volume 2, a prose epic, was released at a function held ...

Pure Land Buddhism is one of the most influential yet misunderstood branches of Mahayana Buddhism. Explore the fascinating concept of 'Pure Lands,' cosmic Buddhas, and the practices that guide ...

But Buddhism played a major role in a fall of the centre of the Islamic Empire. History often speaks of the continuous rise of Islam with the arrival of Prophet Muhammad in the 7th century.

in which the bulk of the early Buddhist tradition was recorded. Sanskrit, as discussed earlier, became popular with the ascendancy of the Mahayana tradition. When such ancient texts were read ...