Street shows meant for profit-making and entertainment overshadow the sacred meaning of the festival, they say ...

For Fr Rohan Silva, the student monks ... Province in Sri Lanka, led a traditional almsgiving tour on 13 May, an event held for the past 11 years the day after Vesak Poya, a major Buddhist ...

According to the Pew Research Center, about one-quarter of countries worldwide exhibit “high” or “very high” levels of social ...

Buddhist monks from India and Sri Lanka started a two-day dialogue in New Delhi beginning on Wednesday to discuss their respective spiritual traditions, values. The monks held detailed discussion on ...

Buddhism was introduced to Sri Lanka in the 3rd century BC, when Arahant Mahinda, son of the Indian Emperor Ashoka and a devoted monk, arrived on the island as part of a noble mission to spread ...

Most Venerable Bogoda Seelawimala Thera, Chief Sangha Nayake of Great Britain and Head Monk of the London Buddhist Vihara owned by the Anagarika Dharmapala Trust in Sri Lanka led the chanting at the ...

Sri Lanka records an average of 3,000 road fatalities annually. An overcrowded bus carrying dozens of Buddhist pilgrims ... (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff ...

There is no clear evidence that Nalanda was targeted by the Delhi Sultanate raids, which definitely impacted other Buddhist monasteries ... about the story collection’s cultural specificity. The ...

Buddhism, particularly in the Theravāda tradition practiced in Sri Lanka, sets out clear ethical principles for personal and ...

Jairam mentions the fact that the monk had made the first Sinhala translation of the Sanskrit language text ‘Hitopadesha’ or ...

Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist Stories of merchants are notably absent in Brahmin scriptures but are widespread in ...