Around 1,800 years ago, Buddhism had already been in existence for centuries. The historical Buddha was a prince of the Ganges region in North India in the fifth century BC, who abandoned his ...

Around 1,800 years ago, Buddhism had already been in existence for centuries. The historical Buddha was a prince of the Ganges region in North India in the fifth century BC, who abandoned his ...

Throughout the history of Buddha Dhamma that dates back to 2500 years, not a drop of blood was shed to convert non-Buddhists to Buddhism or in the name of the Great Teacher, the message further read.

Until about ten years ago, Empson’s admirers (our name is Legion, for we are many) had assumed that the only manuscript of The Face of the Buddha had vanished forever – it was often rumoured to have ...

Special events are held on this day in temples of Lord Buddha. A number of cultural, religious and social events are hosted in these temples. People from far and wide come to participate in these ...

Odisha has a rich Buddhist heritage. Ratnagiri, part of the ‘Diamond Triangle’ of Ratnagiri, Udaygiri, and Lalitgiri, had a ...

Thubten Choekhorthang, the land where the Buddha Statue sits, is a historical ground. His Majesty the Fourth Druk Gyalpo celebrated the National Day with his people in 1978 and 1996. The Buddha statue ...

Buddhist grotto, the Fohui Temple Cave in North China's Shanxi Province Photo: CCTV News. A new Buddhist grotto, the Fohui Temple Cave, was recently discovered in North China's Sh ...

Ashes believed to belong to Buddha were paraded through the streets in India. The sacred relics of Lord Buddha and his two disciples, Shariputra and Mahamoglan, were honoured in a grand procession in ...

Japanese art counts many illustrations of the life and death of Maya (“illusion”), the mother of the Buddha, which are very faithful to the Indian tradition. However, in one respect Japanese Buddhists ...

The museum aims to showcase the region’s rich Buddhist history during the Chola period from the 9th to the 13th century. “As of now, there are at least 30 Buddha bronzes kept in the Chennai ...