The monks journey to Washington, D.C. concluded Wednesday with the same message they've shared for the 100-plus -day journey - world peace and happiness.A mess ...

Lack of institutional sympathy over the centuries, especially at the elite level, may explain why it entered the modern era with relatively little gas in the tank.

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 ...

This compilation contains not only the history of Buddhism in Maynamoti (Comilla), Naogaon, Norshingdi, Mohasthangarh (Bogra), but it also has well-preserved inscriptional records of Buddhism on ...

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 ...

Twenty-three years ago, when Ravikumar and I came up with the idea of starting a publishing house to be a vehicle for Ambedkarite ideas, we were looking for a name. Many names were considered and set ...

The crematorium – a representation of mystical Mount Meru, where gods reside according to Buddhist and Hindu legends – is likely to be the most impressively ornate structure most Thais will see built ...