The Story of the Kernel Carving Boat is an essay most Chinese would have read in their middle-school textbooks. The essay, ...

arrive directly to the mind, Buddha’s classification seems vindicated. This parallels the description of black hole formation in science. Apart from further classifying the living beings of the ...

A COMPARISON OF BUDDHIST AND WESTERN PHILOSOPHY’ Prof. Asoka Amaratunga is well known to the readers of The Island by his ...

India’s hidden gem, the mesmerizing reclining Buddha statute in Bodh Gaya is a must-visit. Here’s why travellers are flocking to this sacred site.

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There is an inherent conflict between fun shooting in FPS games and effective anti-war messaging. Or is there?

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The festival of Chaitra Navratri is underway. Know about the powerful goddesses like Maa Durga in various religions across ...

The chatterati’s most recent TV obsession is Adolescence, a new series about an apparently nice 13-year-old boy accused of murdering a classmate. It turns out he was being bullied on social media and ...

So yes, time is real. A favorite benediction uses the words of 19th-century Swiss poet Henri Frederic Amiel: "Life is short, ...