Conversion is framed as a betrayal of the nation, and Dalits who convert are labelled as traitors, tools of foreign influence ...

From the Four Noble Truths to the Eightfold Path and the 'Triratna', let's take a look at the essential tenets of Buddhism as ...

Acknowledging and releasing our grief can help us return to nature. We can let the wind touch our skin, the earth ground our ...

TAXILA: A 16-member delegation from South Korea comprising monks, scholars and devotees performed their rituals in front of the holy bone relics of Lord Buddha on Wednesday in Taxila. The ...

Buddhists texts are full of stories of how wealth and accounts of Buddhist monks were managed, especially after death ... and later became part of Hindu traditions too, as the goddess Lakshmi.

In Christianity, the soul is believed to ascend to heaven or descend to hell based on one’s faith and deeds during life. In ...

Here are the rituals and traditions likely to be followed after the Pope's death, according to a report by The New York Times. The ritual inside the Vatican starts after the director of the ...

But when cultures lose these rituals, when grief becomes invisible, the consequences are devastating. Take Japan, where the erosion of Shinto and Buddhist death rituals has coincided with an ...

Justice was dispensed not only to maintain order but to safeguard the moral harmony of the kingdom (which is what is lacking ...

Monks are the spiritual leaders of the Cambodian community. One of the first things many Nashvillians ask the monks about is ...