Some Buddhists asserted that, though a Buddhist king should be committed to non-violence, he might be called upon to cancel ...

After the Mahaparinirvana of Shakyamuni Buddha, his profound non-sectarian, universal teachings were not confined to the borders of India but rather travelled throughout Asia, crossing the paths of ...

KABUL (Reuters) - Restoring Afghanistan's Buddhist artifacts that were destroyed by the Taliban 18 years ago is like working on a 1,500-year-old jigsaw puzzle, say conservators working on the latest ...

This episode exists because Buddhism is too complex to summarize cleanly — and pretending otherwise would be dishonest. Across the series, Extra History compressed 1,500 years of religious evolution, ...

Introduction -- The Material of Religion -- From the Buddha to Ashoka: c. 600-200 BCE -- The Sangha and the Laity: c. 200 BCE-200 CE -- The Beginnings of Mahayana Buddhism, Buddha Images, and Monastic ...

BHUBANESWAR: A 50-strong team of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has been sweating it out at Ratnagiri for last 70 ...

The director of the archeological excavation at the Zehanpora site, Dr Mohamad Ajmal Shah, said the structures date back to ...

(The Conversation) — In recent years, many Buddhist nuns have taken on leadership roles that require either ordination status or academic degrees, all of which was quite unheard of in Buddhist ...

If Japanese Buddhist Temple Bells Could Talk If you’ve visited Buddhist temples in Japan, chances are you passed through ...

In Myanmar, the military has adeptly employed Buddhism as a tool for leveraging its political power. This practice can be described as “Saffron Washing,” a nod to the concept of “greenwashing,” where ...