Dr Upul Wijayawardhana How would the Buddha have looked like in real life?” This question was posed by Prof. Asanga Thilakaratna, the Chief Editor of the Encyclopaedia of Buddhism, during one of the ...

Many Hindu deities are actively worshipped in Japan, with hundreds of shrines dedicated to them. Deities such as Lakshmi, ...

The doors of Santa Marta remain closed to the Dalai Lama. "Yet we would expect that after so long they would open for him too." In these nearly twelve years of pontificate, Bergoglio has ...

A social media user, Jaee Vartak of Enso School of Languages, with an aim to spread awareness about Japan and the language, ...

The Yuezhi tribes of Central Asia, who had pushed the Shakas into the Indian subcontinent, were the last to make their way ...

Thai Buddhist devotees flocked to temples across the country on Wednesday to mark Makha Bucha Day, one of Buddhism’s holiest observances. Makha Bucha, also called Magha Puja or the Day of the Fourfold ...

Love is one of the richest and most diverse human emotions. There are many ways to experience love — so this holiday, as a ...

When it opened in 1992 on the outskirts of São Paulo, Brazil, the Zu Lai temple was the first of its kind in the region. After a major expansion, it now occupies more than 100,000 square feet and is ...

Festivals have always been a celebration of community and unity, where people come together, setting aside their differences.

The third season of Mike White’s addictive anthology drama meets the expectations set by its predecessors, but it hasn’t hit the heights of Season 2 just yet.

Can a Buddhist nation — a truly Buddhist one, not one that nominally follows the Buddha’s teachings — reach economic powerhouse ...

In analysing societal attitudes toward prayer, we often find two distinct perspectives. Some people believe in the efficacy of prayer and ...