A journey through the sacred Buddhist pilgrimage destinations is an experience that goes beyond spirituality—it is a ...

Host Bruce Feiler circles the island, following a pilgrim trail that's taken by hundreds of thousands of Japanese and international pilgrims every year; a Buddhist pilgrimage that welcomes ...

Shravasti, an ancient city in Uttar Pradesh, India, is steeped in history and spiritual significance. Once among the six ...

Bodh Gaya in Bihar, India, hosts the awe-inspiring reclining statue of Lord Buddha. Known for its spiritual significance, ...

TOKUSHIMA—David Moreton has for years served as a messenger of the cultural appeal of a Buddhist pilgrimage of 88 temples across the island of Shikoku. A historian from Canada, Moreton has ...

is one of the most significant sites of pilgrimage to Buddhists. In Pali, the language of the Buddha, ‘bodh’ means ‘enlightenment’. According to Buddhist belief, before he became the ...

Nowadays the property could be used as a Buddhist pilgrimage site. Its overall atmosphere is, however, to a certain degree compromised by the lack of control of commercial activities and the pressure ...

A Vietnamese traveler embarked on a journey to Mount Kailash to complete the Kora, a ritual of circling its base, overcoming ...

Bhikkhu Sanghasena The ongoing debates surrounding the Mahabodhi Temple Management Act, 1949, underscore a deeper issue of ...

The cooler temperatures of Benares and Bihar make for the season for Buddhist pilgrimages to be from November through February. I listened recently to a YouTube presentation by Ajahn Brahmali ...

Kushinagar is the central point of the Buddhist circuit, which consists of pilgrimage sites at Lumbini, Sarnath and Gaya. In the Union Budget earlier this month, finance minister Nirmala ...