Thousands of years ago Allah commanded his prophet Abraham to leave his wife Hajra and her infant child Ishmael alone in a desert Ishmael felt thirsty and started crying Looking for water Hajra ran ba ...

The faithful have no use for facts and figures or history and geography says DEVDUTT PATTANAIKWhen the British came to India they found Hindu practices very confusing They came from a very different r ...

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The recent reports of a ‘bikini’ ban in the Arugam Bay area caused such a commotion, particularly on social media, that it ...

For two weeks, Sadom traded the greens for the monastery, shaved his head, donned saffron robes, and lived like a Buddhist ...

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For the twenty-two-year-old Anagarika Dharmapala, his encounter with the fifty-four-year-old Sir Edwin Arnold proved to be a ...

Preserving the truth of Buddhist teachings is essential. Misinformation and modern reinterpretations must not distort the ...