Those five days in November were cold, and seemed colder inside the gates of Auschwitz and of Birkenau. We were 90 ...

According to reports, Bangladesh has recently started issuing newly designed banknotes which do not feature the photograph of ...

Dreaming of glimpsing the Dalai Lama and facing oppression in Tibet, a monk embarked on a dangerous journey through Nepal to ...

It's at Fengxing village in Anyue county, Ziyang, Sichuan province. Meng and his colleagues discovered the site in 2023 by ...

In this episode, Kings and Generals explores how Buddhism first entered Japan and gradually transformed the spiritual and political landscape. From its arrival via Korea to its acceptance by the ...

Catholics and Buddhists in Vietnam have welcomed Pope Leo XIV, expressing the hope that the new pope will soon visit the ...

Are Shinto and Buddhism truly separate in Japan—or two parts of the same cultural fabric? This deep dive examines how Buddhist philosophy and Shinto kami worship coevolved over 1,500 years.

The first Buddhist churches of any kind in the country ... The groundbreaking for the new main church building, the fourth in its history, was held in October 1962, and it was completed in 1963.

A 50-member team from the ASI has been excavating Ratnagiri since December 2022, uncovering archaeological evidence of Odisha's place in Buddhist history. This ongoing work is expected to continue ...

According to Buddhism expert Sunil Patnaik, the site has two phases of history. The first phase of 200 years belonged to Mahayana Buddhism and the rest saw Vajrayana or Tantric Buddhism.

The book “Casting the Buddha: A Monumental History of Buddhism in India” by Shashank Shekhar Sinha traces 2500 years of history of Buddha and Buddhism. The book mentions how it got linked with ...