Buddhism has long been a spiritual bridge between India and the nations of Southeast and East Asia. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has recognised this.

"The mind is everything. What you think, you become.” These are the famous words of Siddhartha Gautama, aka Buddha, and this ...

The tolerance levels of Sri Lankans don’t run deep. The populace here in the island have some association with at least one ...

The epic of Lord Rama, known as the Ramayana in India, traveled far beyond its homeland, finding deep cultural roots in ...

One of the greatest examples of cultural sharing in the world, is the spread of Buddhism from India to Sri Lanka. The Island ...

When Mayor Derek S.K. Kawakami issued a proclamation on Tuesday announcing the birth of Siddhartha Gautama, no one in the audience remembered the last time Hanamatsuri festivities were held at the ...

Nalanda contributed to the development and evolution of two major Mahayana Buddhist philosophies — Madhyamaka and Yogacara, Abhay K writes in his book, 'Nalanda: How it Changed the World'. Excerpts: ...

Some of the oldest ancient temples continue to fulfil their original purpose after thousands of years, continuing their ...

Many have read The Secret and tried the techniques it suggests—hanging images of their desires on  the wall, writing and ...

Shortly after dawn, more than 200 monks from an order of Tibetan exiles carry carefully bundled scriptures and 108 gold-gilt ...

Sushant Singh Rajput's father accused Rhea Chakraborty of abetment of suicide, wrongful restraint, wrongful confinement, ...

Yet this fiction on Ajita, the forerunner of the Charvaka school of thought, forges forth with an inexorable, passionate force, drawing the reader inwards to the centrifuge of its arguments and ...