Asalha Puja, known also as Dharma Day, commemorates the first sermon by Siddhartha Gautama, known as Buddha (“enlightened one ...

Plants have long held a deep connection to various religious practices and beliefs across cultures and traditions. From ...

Mahayana Buddhists will honour and pray to their gods, especially Buddha, in celebration. In observance of Buddha, the statues will be cleaned and polished, and religious music will be played.

The two main Buddhist sects are Theravada Buddhism and Mahayana Buddhism, but there are many more Buddhists can worship both at home or at a temple ...

In Buddhism, nuns must be ordained by a group of 10 fully ordained monks and fully ordained nuns. An order of nuns still survives in China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam, where Mahayana Buddhism is ...

The adverse effect on a commercial culture comes from Theravada, not Mahayana. Therefore, various strategies are used, such as attacking Theravada headquarters and thereby directly weakening Theravada ...

Sri Lanka’s Economic Identity: As described in last week’s column, Buddhism, beyond its spiritual teachings, has deeply influenced socio-economic life across Asia. Theravada and Mahayana, the two main ...

Mahayana thus speaks of many past and also future Buddhas, some of whom are "god-like" and preside over Buddha-worlds or heavenly paradises. Especially important are bodhi sattvas—who are persons who ...