Tag: Buddhism

By P.K.Balachandran/Sunday Observer   Colombo, October 20: Indian rights activist and father of the Indian Constitution, Dr.Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, had ...

Dr.B.R.Ambedkar explains why he led 800,000 Dalits into Buddhism from caste-ridden Hinduism in a rare event of mass conversion in ...

Monks of these Theravada Buddhist countries helped stem the decline of Buddhism and enabled the democratization of its practice in ...

It is by now well established that for any religious faith to be developed and accepted by the generality of ...

Sino-Indian Buddhist ties were strong in the First Millennium but weakened in the Second due to the decline of Buddhism ...

Lankan envoy Milinda Moragoda calls on top Hindu nationalist leader Mohan Bhagwat

Barring scholars, very few in Sri Lanka would know, or readily acknowledge, that in the past Buddhism had flourished among ...

Ups and downs in the saga of religion in China

First three prize winners will get a five-day tour of Buddhist sites in India

Binara Poya marks the establishment of the Bhikkhuni Sasana (nuns order) in India during the time of the Buddha.