The Shincheonji Church of Jesus has marked a significant achievement with its Second International Special Lecture on ...

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Based on Xuanzang’s account, Nalanda Mahavihara had an observatory tower, which could have been used to track the movement of ...

The Congress on Saturday (January 25, 2025) announced that it would introduce free pilgrimages for the elderly to Buddhist places of worship if voted to power in the upcoming Delhi Assembly election.

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The big problem with this is the fact that Buddhism did not reach Tibet until the 7th century AD. Buddhist author Christmas Humphreys states in his book Buddhism (Penguin 1962): Before the seventh ...

In Kwame Alexander’s new verse novel and Karen L. Swanson’s nonfiction picture book, Black girls pursue their dreams of playing big-league baseball. As spooky season approaches, the master of ...

Dhamma means 'to uphold', and therefore it is central to Buddhist belief as it 'holds up' the religion and Buddhists may also believe that it upholds the natural order of the universe. Dhamma is ...