the Gathas, is so close to Rig Vedic Sanskrit that they cannot be far separated in time. The theory would then be that speakers of this branch of the Indo-European family tree came out of Central ...

On Sundays, dozens of Buddhist temple members join together to sing songs, or gathas, in a small room at Densho in Seattle’s Central District neighborhood. But the local nonprofit building isn ...

Let us translate the Pali versions of the precepts, gathas and prayers into Sinhalese, our mother tongue. I appeal to the President, who oversees the Ministry of the Buddha-Sasana, to give this ...

The Kason-water pouring ceremony is usually preceded by a grand pageantry where people, mostly women carry pots of perfumed water and flowers, and chant Pali gathas. Finally, water is poured at the ...

Somewhere towards the end of the war in 1918, I left St. Joseph’s School Grandpass, and sought admission to St. Thomas’ College, where my brothers were already boarded. Rev. Stone, who was Warden at ...