Celebrated by Buddhists across the globe, Buddha Purnima honours the birth of Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of Buddhism, ...

Buddha Purnima marks the birth of Gautama Buddha, the founder of Buddhism. Know the festival's date, history and significance ...

Another phenomenon inadvertently revealed by the fact of the sale is the ongoing commercialisation of Buddhism in the west.

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Buddha Purnima falls on a Monday—let’s explore some lesser-known Buddhist sites hidden in the most unexpected places, tucked ...

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Bodhisattva Thich Quang Duc is a radiant symbol of the compassion, wisdom, and courage of a living bodhisattva, and of the ...

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Amid the NCERT row, actor R Madhavan called out the education policymakers for dedicating 'eight chapters to Mughals' and ...

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Kanshi Ram’s Bahujan movement established organisations and institutions for epistemic justice and led the epistemic movement ...

That discrepancy presents an ethical conundrum, said Naman Ahuja, an art history professor at Jawaharlal ... referring to other repatriated Buddhist items that had been returned by England.