A woman in Thailand was found alive inside a coffin after her brother brought her to a temple to be creamated The brother ...
Why are certain government MPs ashamed that Article 9 of the Constitution states, ‘The Republic of Sri Lanka shall give to Buddhism the foremost place, and accordingly it shall be the duty of the ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Monday dismissed the criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York ...
The Pioneer on MSNOpinion

The Indian heritage of overland outreach

In prehistoric times, the civilisations of Egypt and Mesopotamia flourished to the west of India, with China to its east.
Dalrymple calls the mass destruction of priceless manuscripts and books in these institutions “as a civilizational catastrophe”. Not surprisingly, the last great cultural export along the Golden Road ...
A massive domed stupa carved out of sandstone lies silent in Afghanistan’s hills, its purpose lost to time and conquest. Ghostly caves and ancient coin hoards hint at a vanished Buddhist spiritual ...
Between the mid-sixth and mid-fourth centuries B.C., Buddhism was founded in northeastern India and soon spread throughout the Asian subcontinent, influencing cultural and spiritual practices, art, ...
A woman believed to be dead and scheduled for cremation at a Buddhist temple on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand, was ...
The astonishing event occurred as Chonthirat, who had been bedridden for approximately two years and whose health had been ...
A group of Buddhist monks is continuing a 2,300-mile walk across the U.S. to promote peace after two were injured in a traffic accident near Houston.
It is not every day that a group of Tibetan Buddhist monks come to visit Durango. After all, Durango is a long way from the ...
At the core of any Buddhist tradition is the philosophy that life is impermanent. One day, everything in existence will end, ...