While Buddha had promoted monasticism and celibacy, Shiva’s story celebrated sexuality. Vishnu balanced the two extreme views ...

Representatives from Buddhist communities, experts, scholars, and guests from over 70 countries are attending the October 15-17 Sixth World Buddhist Forum in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, eastern China.

Explore the revelations from the international seminar 'Kashi Vaibhav: A Historical Discourse' at Banaras Hindu University, where scholars discussed Kashi's significance and the prophecy of the next ...

Demons form an essential part of the type of Buddhism practiced in Tibet. Derived from the native Tibetan religion, these ...

Similar to Ningbo's Maitreya theme, Zhoushan, also located in Zhejiang, boasts its own Buddhist destination, the Putuo Mountain. Dedicated to Guanyin, a Bodhisattva known as the Goddess of Mercy ...

Conceived by Gopalakrishnan, the exhibition features selected works such as 2,000-year-old birch-bark scrolls of Mahayana Buddhism discovered in Afghanistan in the 1990s, now housed at the Library of ...

of both Tibetan Buddhism and Chinese Buddhism. Visitors have to climb narrow stone stairs to see the top grotto's Bodhisattva Lyudumu in a shrine.

Myanmar – Scattered across the lush, rolling hills of southern Myanmar’s Tanintharyi region, rebel fighters stationed at checkpoints inspect cars and trucks traveling towards a nearby town ...

The main forum of the sixth World Buddhist Forum is held in Ningbo, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 16, 2024. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi) About 800 representatives, experts and scholars of the ...

Bangkok, Thailand – Wanitcha Amkham rotates her roti stall between the Thai capital’s food markets throughout the week, hawking pan-fried dough that has been perfected in recipes passed down ...

The theme of the Sixth World Buddhist Forum (SWBF), "Hand in Hand for Coexistence," represents a grand vision. As discussions unfold regarding Buddhism's role in promoting global peace and mental ...

[4] Today, Buddhists from Thailand ... replete with ornate wood carvings almost 1,000 years old. Figures of the Bodhisattva – those on the path to spiritual awakening – reach several metres ...