The historical Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, taught that family ties were obstacles to enlightenment. However, his relationship ...

Poet-Diplomat Abhay K.’s new work introduced the site, traditions and its unique contributions to a variety of knowledge ...

Roasted soyabeans are thrown to drive away devils during the spring festival called Setsubun in Japan writes Ranjeni A Singh If you see somebody throwing soyabeans on the street you will call the guy ...

How It Changed the World’, on the ancient monastery-university that nurtured scholars who contributed to Buddhist philosophy ...

Celebrate Buddha Purnima 2025 by learning about the remarkable women who defied societal norms and became influential figures ...

Vajrayana, Mahayana, and Theravada are the most practiced forms of Buddhism today but there were a lot of changes within the Mahayaha practice when the expansion of Buddhism crossed the Silk Road.

An exposition of the Holy Relics of Lord Buddha enshrined at a vihara in Uttar Pradesh’s Sarnath will be held in Vietnam during the gala celebrations of the United Nations Day of Vesak in May, the ...

Zen Buddhism, a school within Mahayana Buddhism, emphasizes direct personal experience of enlightenment rather than reliance ...

Brahmacharini Shripriya Chaitanya is running her first London Marathon (Chinmaya Mission/PA) A British Hindu monk is running her first London Marathon to help challenge stereotypes and to inspire ...