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. “ ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Participants in the 21-day program aim to reach the first of the four stages of enlightenment within Thai Theravada Buddhism. Buddhists believe that those who attain the first stage have ...

The book arrives at a pivotal moment when meditation ... Drawing from the authentic Theravada Buddhist tradition, Nyānadassana offers essential insights for both secular mindfulness practitioners ...