Archaeologists excavating the site of the former Yamashiro Kokubunji Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, recently uncovered the ...

Bodh Gaya (or Buddha Gaya as it is called in Sri Lanka), is the place where the Buddha attained Enlightenment. It was a major ...

Since the time of the early Buddhist kings, Tibet has enjoyed a rich history of philosophical enquiry and carries this heritage forth today. Buddhism is a "wisdom tradition," meaning that it is based ...

The first ruler of the Kingdom of Ayutthaya, King Rama Thibodi, made two important contributions to Thai history: the establishment and promotion of Theravada Buddhism as the official religion (to ...

At the Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj, leaders from Sanatan Dharma and Buddhism came together to advocate unity and cooperation.

History often speaks of the continuous rise of Islam with the arrival of Prophet Muhammad in the 7th century. But Buddhism played a major role in a fall of the centre of the Islamic Empire.

My name is Hivin and I'm a Buddhist. I follow the teachings of the Buddha, who lived two and a half thousand years ago. He said that life was full of suffering and that suffering was caused by ...

Jikisai, Minami (2018). Choetsu to Jitsuzon: Mujo wo meguru bukkyoshi [Transcendence and Existence: A History of Buddhism on Impermanency]. Tokyo, Shincho. Levinas, Immanuel (1969). Totality and ...

Mandalas are Buddhist devotional images often deemed a diagram or symbol of an ideal universe. Mandalas come in many forms. Often they are painted on scrolls and taken with travelers over long ...

UNESCO’s executive board on May 24 approved the archives of the Buddhist monk Enchin (814-891 ... extremely important in the context of the history of cultural exchanges between Japan and ...