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Some 150 delegates from Asian countries and around the world met in Cambodia’s capital for the Eighth Buddhist-Christian ...
We have closely followed the cases of students and immigrants, arrested and detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement ...
One of the dozen of books that Nehru got from his father, when he was imprisoned in a Lucknow jail by the British in 1922, was a copy of The Light of Asia. Eighteen years later,in February 1940, Nehru ...
The power of kind-fulness should never be underestimated and could solve many of the problems faced within the sphere of the ...
The 118th birth anniversary of Prof. Walpola Sri Rahula Thero will be held on 24 May at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute at ...
Time travel, it seems, doesn't always have to come with gears and glowing portals, like we have been watching in the fantasy ...
OVER 150 Buddhist and Taoist houses of worship will benefit from a RM1.2mil allocation under Selangor's Five Religions ...
LEDO, 19 May: Marking a new chapter in strengthening the unity and integrity of the Singpho community, Bisa Mungdang Gam ...
Medieval Bengal’s links to the Straits world, a narrow stretch of water connecting to Southeast Asia and beyond, are ...
The Sri Lankan Embassy on Saturday held an event to commemorate Vesak — the three sacred milestones in the life of the Buddha : his birth, enlightenment and death — at the Rama IX Golden Jubilee ...
An order of nuns still survives in China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam, where Mahayana Buddhism is practiced. However, the monastic leaders in Southeast Asia, where Theravada Buddhism is practiced, ...
Buddhism is the dominant religion in Thailand, with the vast majority of Thais practising Theravada Buddhism. Monks play an integral role in Thai society, not only in spiritual matters but also in ...