Ven. Siri Vajiraramaye Nanasiha Economic and social policies based on Buddhist principles were the foundation of peace and ...

The life and adventures of a Chinese monk who made a 17-year journey to bring Buddhist teachings from India to China. Xuanzang subsequently became a main character in the great Chinese epic Journey to ...

Niguma was one of the two fully realized Dakini mahasiddhas whose wisdom and teachings led to the formation of the Shangpa Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. Born into a Brahman family in Kashmir in ...

There had then been rumours of high intrigue, of family feuds, contract killings and near unassailable alibis. The kavi kola ...

The Five Moral Precepts and the Noble Eightfold Path are important guides for the Buddhist family and other areas of life. Image caption, A mother and child making an offering to a boy monk at a ...

The Five Moral Precepts and the Noble Eightfold Path are important guides for the Buddhist family and other areas of life. Image caption, A mother and child making an offering to a boy monk at a ...

For example, in 1996 China completed construction of the Lingshan Grand Buddha located at the Ling Shan Brahma Buddhist Palace in Wuxi. This is flaunted as the tallest bronze Shakyamuni statue ...

These tattoos draw inspiration from Buddhist, Brahman, and animist imagery, and incorporate sacred geometry and magical incantations (kata) written in the Khmer version of Pali Sanskrit known as Khom.

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In all religions, mainly the occidental ones, Ishwara, or God, is always looked upon as a male figure. In fact, there is no ...

The Brahma lotus is found in the foothills of the Himalayas. The flower blooms only once a year and is found in Uttarakhand.