Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today said Pahela Baishakh is the symbol of "our harmony" as he greeted the ...

Buddhist monks protest for control of Bodh Gaya temple, demanding repeal of 1949 Act, sparking religious and political debate ...

Long ago in ancient India reigned a Greek king named Menander I Soter, a great conqueror and benefactor of Buddhism ...

From the reignited decades-old dispute over who controls the Mahabodhi temple in Gaya to Prime Minister Modi's recent visit ...

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An oft-quoted ninth-century Chinese aphorism put it more severely: “If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him”—meaning that no one should cling to a teacher or rely on a savior.

Vaisakhi also holds significance in Buddhism, as it is believed to be the day when Gautama Buddha attained enlightenment or Nirvana. Baisakhi, also referred to as Mesh Sankranti, marks the ...

Gautama Sakyamuni was the historically first “Buddha,” an epithet meaning “Awakened One ... so the two Bodhisattvas have animals associated with them, a Chinese lion in the case of Manjusri, a white ...