With the Thai government presenting our prime minister with the Tipitaka, I thought it would be nice to revisit Buddhism this ...

Eating glass. Fire walking. Sword swallowing. These acts that shock and delight have roots in the real and mythical practices ...

When the great King Anawrahta of Pagan united the whole of Burma into a single kingdom in the eleventh century and made Theravada Buddhism the national religion, there were already in existence a ...

They argue that in recent years, Hindu monks, enabled by the fact that the influence the community wields under the law, have increasingly been performing rituals that defy the spirit of Buddhism ...

This type of worship combines belief in God with belief in other divine powers. Approximately 1,000 years after the emergence of Hinduism, about 2,500 years ago, Buddhism developed from it.

Shiva and the related Buddhist deity Avalokiteshvara ... In these forms it appears as part of the iconography of Hindu river ...

Review the major deities in Hinduism and their individual roles ... Hindus, Muslims, Jains, Buddhists, Sikhs, Jews, and Christians have a home in India. The oldest and most widely practiced ...

The University of Houston (UH) has reaffirmed its commitment to academic freedom after a student complained about a course titled "Lived Hindu Religion." "The University of Housto ...

As the district magistrate hailed from the majority community, it translated to a Hindu majority on the committee, something which was resented by Buddhist bodies. Ever since then, various ...