Yet this fiction on Ajita, the forerunner of the Charvaka school of thought, forges forth with an inexorable, passionate force, drawing the reader inwards to the centrifuge of its arguments and ...

Nalanda contributed to the development and evolution of two major Mahayana Buddhist philosophies — Madhyamaka and Yogacara, Abhay K writes in his book, 'Nalanda: How it Changed the World'. Excerpts: ...

Shortly after dawn, more than 200 monks from an order of Tibetan exiles carry carefully bundled scriptures and 108 gold-gilt ...

shaping the culture and politics of many nations Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama) (c. 563/480 – c. 483/400 BCE) – Founder of Buddhism Impact: Established Buddhism, influencing philosophy and culture across ...

By Lauren Christensen “I’ve had to set that limiting belief aside,” she says, “in order to write other kinds of books without feeling like an interloper.” Her new guidebook is called ...

Though sandstone succumbs easily to the chisel, it erodes quickly in rain. The survival of this Buddha and its grottoes, like ...

This week, Kristin Hannah answers our questions, what's she reading now, what would she take to a desert island, what gave her the reading bug, and what book left her cold? There are currently ...