C OLOMBO — A court in Sri Lanka jailed a politically influential, firebrand Buddhist monk on Thursday, put-ting him behind bars for a second time for insulting Islam and stoking religious hatred ...

Nearly two decades have passed since the 26-year civil war ended in Sri Lanka. Yet, Muslims displaced from the island nation still face significant challenges in returning to their homes and ...

Sri Lanka, having preserved Buddhism in its purest form since its introduction in 236 BC, was undisputedly the key player in the 2600th Sambuddhathva Jayanthi celebrations. But what caused Buddhism to ...

I am writing this brief essay in connection with the felicitation ceremony for Emeritus Professor Asanga Tilakaratne, one of the foremost Buddhist scholars in contemporary Sri Lanka. The ceremony will ...

Mahanama, the author of the Mahavamsa refers to three visits by the Buddha to Sri Lanka. Is this historically ... that there is no esoteric teaching in Buddhism. On a plain reading of the Buddha ...

Fifty-year-old Josef Autser is an engineer by profession and a Catholic by birth, but later showed a great devotion towards Buddhism ... and parcel to the Clean Sri Lanka Programme and shown ...

Turning their attention from Tamils, Sinhala-Buddhist nationalists are now targeting the island's Muslim minority.

It ranks among the very first temples in Sri Lanka, founded by Devanampiyatissa ... its length is painted with graphic images of Buddhist hell: a wake up call to pilgrims. Yet, Aluvihare is ...

Colombo, Sri Lanka - February 11, 2025 Colombo on Tuesday celebrated the annual Navam Perahera Buddhist cultural parade at the historic Gangaramaya temple. FOOTAGE OF ANNUAL BUDDHIST CULTURAL PARADE ...

Their five-day spiritual visit included Dharma talks. The members of the Buddhist Sangha representing eminent monasteries in Sri Lanka also attended the three-day holy teachings of His Holiness ...

A Sri Lankan court jailed a politically influential, firebrand Buddhist monk on Thursday ... last year on a similar charge of disparaging Sri Lanka's minority Muslims, who account for just ...