Barkha Madan, formerly a model, beauty queen, and actress, has transformed, now living as ‘Gyalten Samten’ after embracing ...
Armenian Indian archaeologist and photographer JD Beglar reported to the Archaeological Survey of India having seen as many ...
Chennai: Tamil Nadu’s Buddhist history hasn’t got much attention from mainstream historians. But a new paper maps the widespread travels of a 16th-century Buddhist yogi from Rameswaram. He set out ...
Statues of the Buddha, Bodhi trees, and lotus flowers. They’re all important symbols of Buddhism - the religion followed by Buddhists. Buddhism is one of the largest religions in the world.
Buddhism teaches the following about wealth and poverty.
With the greater movement of the merchants and missionaries of the West, ethnographic accounts about Buddhist beliefs and practices in different Asian nations began to be written 16th century onwards.
A Buddhist wedding symbolises the couple’s commitment to knowledge, compassion and harmony in their relationship while also honouring the teachings of the Buddha. Unlike other spiritual traditions, ...
Post-Vedic temple-based monastic and vegetarian Brahmanism owes a lot to Buddhism and Jainism for its survival.
The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha has secured the enshrinement of Buddha’s sacred relics from India, set to be displayed during the ...