The Greek Buddhist monk Nyanadassana has been a senior monk of the ancient Buddhist Theravada tradition for 37 years in Sri ...

The Vermont Insight Meditation Center and Mitchell•Giddings Fine Arts are co-hosting a special event featuring David Hinton, acclaimed author and translator of ancient Chinese poetry and philosophy. “ ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Notably, during his 2015 visit to Sri Lanka, he addressed Buddhist monks at Colombo’s Mahabodhi Temple and paid homage to the sacred Mahabodhi tree in Anuradhapura. Anuradhapura is a hub of Theravada ...

The books, which told sensationalized stories ... has tried to cultivate an image as a protector of the nation’s majority Theravada Buddhist religion, in the style of a long line of warrior ...

The main reason for the neglect of Ambedkar in Nepal is the preponderance of communist and/or socialist parties. For some reason, communists in both India and Nepal, including the leftist Dalit ...

In fact, since that time, Thailand has had a magnificent tradition of Theravada Buddhist images. The lines of the Sukhothai Buddha figures have a vivid life of their own. The surfaces are smooth ...

Hinduism’s focus on joy and God contrasted with Buddhism’s austere practices and lack of a personal deity. Additionally, Buddhism’s monastic demands disrupted societal structures ...

Rooted in Brahman and Theravada Buddhist traditions, Day One is Moha Songkran, derived from the Sanskrit sangkranti, for movement or passage. Day Two, Wan Nao, represents the transition between ...

The book highlights diverse religious traditions including Chinese popular religion, Buddhism, Christianity and Islam, and discusses inter-cultural influences on religions, their localization, their ...

The text is divided into three books with aphoristic teachings on ... In Tamil Nadu, the predominant form of Buddhism is Theravada, whereas in South Korea, Seon, Korean Zen Buddhism, is the ...

Pagodas serve as Buddhist temples and sacred buildings throughout Myanmar. Photograph by Myo Kyaw Soe Xinhua, eyevine, Redux Myanmar’s temples, mosques, monasteries, and nunneries are far more ...