Jains in Tamil Nadu are commemorating the 2,550th anniversary of Mahavira's nirvana, coinciding with the 50th year of a ...

A paper on “Auspicious Symbols and its Significance in Buddhist Art Andhradesa,” was presented by Regional Director (West), ...

This is the hilarious moment a Buddhist monk amused tourists by whacking them on the head with grass. Monk Chalermchai Srimueang splashed sacred water on holidaymakers at Wat Suwannaram ...

Jalue Dorje knew it would be the last big party before he joins a monastery in the Himalayan foothills -- thousands of miles ...

"I was in awe!" Dorje recalled later. "Usually, I'd be at the monk section looking up to whomever was celebrating. But that ...

The Tibetan Buddhist community in Minnesota recently celebrated a special spiritual milestone—honoring 18-year-old Jalue ...

A U.S.-born Buddhist lama celebrated his 18th birthday with an elaborate enthronement ceremony. Hundreds attended the event ...

When Jalue Dorje was 2 years old, the Dalai Lama recognized him as the lama’s reincarnation. He just celebrated his 18th birthday and in a few months he will move to the Mindrolling Monastery in ...

Like Emperors Asoka and Kanishka, the Palas also ruled over vast areas of North India over 400 years, albeit with varying ...

William Dalrymple’s book The Golden Road journey unearths a forgotten story of the ancient past. It’s a historian’s ...

It is often said in political circles that the road to Mumbai’s Mantralaya goes through Vidarbha. Congress, BJP locked in a ...

(RNS) — Sharath Jois, heir to the Ashtanga yoga practice, passed away at age 53 last Monday (Nov. 11).