Buddhist devotees converged for a festival in India. Buddhist monks and worshippers from different countries gathered at the 36th Nigma Monlam Chenmo Puja at the Mahabodhi Temple in Bodh Gaya, Bihar, ...

A strong message of unity between Sanatan Dharma and Buddhism was conveyed from the Prayagraj Maha Kumbh on Wednesday, as monks, lamas, Buddhist bhikshus and Sanatan religious leaders from several ...

Stunning candle art display was showcased at a Buddhist festival in northern India. Niranjana Deepotsav was held at Maya ...

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 ...

In the Buddhist language, Pāli, the word for human dissatisfaction and suffering is dukkha. For Buddhist thinkers, all human suffering is caused by desire, attachment or craving. As a Buddhist ...

According to Dr Anita Sabat, a researcher, Tibetan texts identify ‘Oddiyana' as a significant centre of Mahayana Buddhism and the birthplace of tantric Buddhism. Among the international ...

“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 ...

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 ...