NEW DELHI (ANI) – The vast mosaic of Indian culture has long been shaped by the spiritual, the philosophical, and the transcendent. Yet, few forces have been as profoundly influential as Buddhism, an ...

Thousands of devotees lined the streets of Elista, offering prayers and chants as the sacred relics arrived amid great ...

Ashoka the Great, the Mauryan emperor who ruled most of the Indian subcontinent in the 3rd century BCE, is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in Indian history. His conversion to ...

A 2012 change has seen scores of Tibetan Buddhist nuns achieve the highest degree in Tibetan Buddhist philosophy. The ...

Buddhist monks participate at the conference on Nalanda Buddhism at Gorsam Stupa in Zemithang, Arunachal Pradesh, India, April 17, 2023. Credit: Twitter/Pema Khandu Even as India and China continue to ...

Earlier this year, India officially nominated Sarnath for the UNESCO World Heritage List for the 2025-26 cycle. We take a ...

India President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the “International Buddhist Conclave (IBC) 2018” in New Delhi on August 23. India President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the “International Buddhist Conclave ...

In the archaeological site of Kerameikos in Athens, Greece, there is an ancient tomb of an Indian Buddhist monk named ...

NEW DELHI, India (RNS) — Four survivors of a brutal 2016 beating at the hands of India’s so-called cow protectors converted to Buddhism this week in a high-profile ceremony recalling one of the ...

Vietnam Buddhist Heritage: Retrospect and Prospects' began on Friday at the Nalanda University in Rajgir. The event, ...

NEW DELHI, (ANI) – Bodhidharma, a revered Buddhist monk who lived during 5th or 6th century is credited for transmitting Chan Buddhism (the Chinese school of Mahayana Buddhism) in China. The word Chan ...