His doctrine quickly spread throughout Asia and, over the centuries, Buddhism spread globally, becoming one of the world’s main religions. Theravada, meaning “The Doctrine of the Elders,” is ...
The book “Casting the Buddha: A Monumental History of Buddhism in India” by Shashank Shekhar Sinha traces 2500 years of history of Buddha and Buddhism. The book mentions how it got linked with ...
Buddhism originated in the life ... To the Christian this view robs history of its meaning, rendering it self-contained and without a goal. And if one adds to this the concepts of impermanence ...
A centuries-old Buddhist model of the universe has new meaning for the shortest of days and longest of worries. By Holland Cotter The Metropolitan Museum of Art is, in these darkest days of ...