Starting from the records of Asoka's Western Buddhist Mission, of which the extent is questioned by authorities on Indian history, and Origen's attribution of a knowledge of Buddhism to Britain ...

The ties of Buddhism have been an enduring bond for more than two thousand years between India and Laos, a country Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit to attend the 21st ASEAN-India Summit and the ...

Ambedkarites often asked Kanshi Ram when he would embrace Buddhism like Babasaheb. In his reply to them, Kanshi Ram said that ...

In 1956, many countries around the world celebrated 2,500 years of the Buddha’s Parinirvana, or his final departure from the ...

In his book Buddhist India Rhys Davids traces the history of writing in India where Buddhism was born. Explaining the ...

In 1650, Irish theologian James Ussher claimed that the world was created on Sunday, October 23, 4004 BCE. Ussher based his ...

Giving impetus to India's 'Act East' policy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended a series of meetings in Laos, which is ...

William Dalrymple’s new book brings back this question. It’s plausible that in ancient times, a new religion like Buddhism ...

(RNS) — Bhante Sujatha, a Sri Lankan Buddhist monk leading a temple in Woodstock, Illinois, hopes a new outdoor, interfaith meditation space will be a sanctuary in a world of noise. WOODSTOCK ...

In a historic decision, the Narendra Modi-led NDA government has officially recognised Pali, along with Prakrit, Bengali, ...

Representative of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama and senior heads of International Buddhist Confederation take part in the ...