Superstitions like crossing your fingers or throwing spilled salt over your shoulder can have a powerful impact on your emotions ...

The visitor returns not just with the jewel-like beauty of the country imprinted on the mind, the body rejuvenated by hot ...

Poson celebrations, second only to those of Vesak as far as Sri Lankan Buddhists are concerned, honour an Indian who shaped ...

The faithful have no use for facts and figures or history and geography says DEVDUTT PATTANAIKWhen the British came to India they found Hindu practices very confusing They came from a very different r ...

THE WORLD is advancing at a rapid pace and it’s hard to keep up. Last weekend, I learned about a liquid hand soap that smells ...

Buddhism: A Journey through History” presents a rich tapestry of thematic stories that span topics such as the law, philosophy, war and governance. These narratives will surprise and engage readers ...

The show at Delhi's National Museum features images of terracotta heads, pottery, coral jewellery and silver coins ...

In Buddhist mythology, the Buddha is described as a Mahachakravarti who was guided by a thousand-layered golden wheel travelling in all directions and stopping to teach right conduct on the way. Some ...

For example, the coins of the Menanders contain multiple depictions of what has been interpreted as the dharma chakra (the wheel ... beliefs to a diverse populace. The Mauryan king hoped that his ...

Chainsaw Devil aside, Chainsaw Man's Pochita may be a Devil related to the wheel of Samsara ... she neglected a core Buddhist belief, i.e., life is suffering. To put it simply, life without ...

Referring to the Buddhist belief in the cycle of rebirth, he added, “I pray that he will take a good rebirth as a Tibetan again and that he will be able to serve the Tibetan administration that ...