Ancient lore: The Bardo Thodol Fifty-eight wrathful deities, depicted in a Tibetan-Buddhist painting. (Wikimedia Commons) Tibetan-Buddhist lore has a guide for the dying that can feel, at least to ...

Ancient lore: The Bardo Thodol Tibetan-Buddhist lore has a guide for the ... Next, expect visions of peaceful and wrathful deities. Keep your eyes on the brightest light visible, and attempt ...

It is about 40km south of Purulia town. Barely a decade back, the area was like an open-air museum with scattered sculptures of Jain and Buddhist deities. Thankfully, a gated enclosure has been built ...

Every year, the animal whose year it is clashes with tai sui, the guardian deities, so it can lead to bad luck for those born under that zodiac sign.

A mirror from India with an ivory handle carved in the shape of a female fertility deity was buried under volcanic ash at Pompeii in 79 CE. Among the first images of Buddhist deities in human form ...

Welcome to Religions of the World. Buddhism: The Religion of Buddhists. Buddhism is about 2,500 years old and people who follow Buddhism are called Buddhists. Buddhists follow the teachings of a ...

But Buddhism played a major role in a fall of the centre of the Islamic Empire. History often speaks of the continuous rise of Islam with the arrival of Prophet Muhammad in the 7th century.

The Dus Mahavidya, ten goddesses embodying the Divine Feminine, represent various forms of energy and wisdom. They include Kali, Tara, Tripura Sundari, Bhuvaneshwari, Bhairavi, Chhinnamasta ...