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In ancient India the position of women does not appear to have been a very happy one. Generally women seem to have been looked upon as being inferior to men. And, at times they were considered as being on the same level as the Sudras, the lowest of the four castes...

Why cannot women become buddhas? Buddhist academics explain that in the formation of the Tripitaka some parts are older than the others. The oldest is the Patimokkha, which is the monastic code for both monks and nuns. In Theravada there are 227 rules for monks and 311 for ....

Meat and fish are not eaten by many people in the Theravada and Mahayana schools of Buddhism. Some believers in both Theravada and Mahayana are vegans, and some particularly from China and Vietnam do not eat onion, garlic or leek either - referring to...

His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrived in Minneapolis from Los Angeles yesterday, to find bitterly cold temperatures and the land white with snow as far as the eye could see. The Nobel Peace Prize Forum, which inspires peacemaking by celebrating the work of Nobel Peace Prize winners, invited...

The world’s largest Buddhist charity is helping rebuild a Catholic church in Tacloban City that was badly damaged by Super Typhoon Haiyan last November. Monica Sy, from the Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation, said the organization caters to everybody...

His Holiness the Dalai Lama returned to the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) morning 20 February to participate in two panel discussions, the first involving members of the AEI and the second involving members of the Mind & Life Institute...

With anger and bitterness a common sight in these politically strained times, let’s pause and ask how we can still call ourselves Buddhists after allowing ourselves to sink this deep into the politics of hatred.

The exhibition is scheduled to take place at Ounalom Pagoda from Feb. 13-18, said Ambassador of India to Cambodia H.E. Dinesh K. Patnaik during a meeting here on Tuesday with H.E. Min Khin, Minister of Cult and Religion.

The bell is rung to bring in the New Year to remind us to awaken ourselves to our true self. Sounds have spirit and play an important role to seek the way of a Buddhist practitioner. We chant Buddhist mantras and sutras, and with ...

Popular norm to be presented in Parliament gains support and signatures. It places constraints on unions between Buddhist women and men of other religions, which must have approval. Added to this the intention to deny the Muslim minority the right to vote and to form a political party.

Each year, the Gaden Shartse Monastery in southern India sends a group of its Tibetan monks on a tour of the United States that includes a stay in Placerville. This year’s delegation of six monks...

We are very happy to announce the new practice phrases that Thay has just composed, as an offering to the worldwide Plum Village Community for the New Year 2014 and the Lunar New Year of Horse...

Buddhist metaphysics and modern symbolic logic might seem strange bedfellows. Indeed they are. The thinkers who developed the systems of Buddhist metaphysics knew nothing of modern logic; and the logicians who developed the panoply of techniques which are modern logic...

The 17th Karmapa, spiritual head of the Kagyu sect of Tibetan Buddhists, Saturday began the Kagyu-Moenlam prayer amid tight security at Bodh Gaya, considered the birthplace of Buddhism, in Bihar, police said.

Every year since the resolution passed by the United Nation’s General Assembly on 15 December 1999 - the thrice-sacred day of Vesak (celebrating the birth, enlightenment and passing away of the Buddha Gotama) is celebrated internationally. The International Council for the Day of Vesak has...

Built in 969 during the Northern Song Dynasty, the Longxing Temple in Dingxian County of north China's Hebei province preserves the tallest bronze Buddha figure; an extremely valuable tablet from the Sui Dynasty; as well as other treasured relics...

One day Buddha was walking through a village. A very angry and rude young man came up and began insulting him. “You have no right teaching others,” he shouted. “You are as stupid as everyone else. You are nothing but a fake.” Buddha was not upset by ...

'For many Buddhists, this will be a confirmation of their beliefs,' archaeologist says...

His Holiness the Dalai Lama recently met with a large group of Tibetan nuns following a one-month intensive debate session. The gathering of nuns was an initiative of the Tibetan Nun Project, which is making educational opportunities previously available only to monks open to...

The Venerable Watareka Vijitha Thero decided he’d heard just about all the anti-Muslim rhetoric he could stand from his Sinhala-Buddhist brothers. So, at a Ramadan event in his hometown of Mahiyanganaya, he spoke out against the extremist Buddhist organization Bodu Bala Sena...

Buddha asked people to refrain from engaging in sexual misconduct. By ‘Sexual misconduct’, Buddha meant all wrong behavior includinggays, inter-course with animals, prostitutes, and women/men other than your spouse, because all those things existed even during his life time.

An elderly Japanese monk is trying to revive Buddhism in India and fight discrimination by winning over converts from Hinduism's lowest caste.

Ancienne capitale de l’Empire khmer, Angkor attire chaque année des milliers de touristes qui viennent en admirer les joyaux architecturaux. Pourtant, ce site est bien plus qu’un musée à ciel ouvert. C’est aussi un lieu de culte vivant, que les populations locales ont réinvesti après plusieurs siècles de désaffection. Reportage.

The Way to end all suffering is called the Middle Way because it avoids the two extremes of sensual indulgence and self-mortification. Only when the body is in reasonable comfort but not over-indulged has the mind the clarity and strength to meditate deeply and discover...

A South Korean Buddhist temple is playing host to a contemporary art show, in an effort to throw a new perspective to the ancient religion and the age-old surroundings. The Temple of Haeinsa, an ancient shrine on a mountainside southeast of Seoul, is playing host to a ...

In conclusion we could say that the secular nature of the marriage contract, the facility to divorce, the right to remarry, the desegregation of the sexes and above all else the right to inherit, own and dispose of property without let or hindrance from the husband, have all contributed...

Marriage forms an integral part of our lives. Thus, before we enter this union, we need to analyse carefully the reason why we marry. If we cannot find a good reason, it means that we are probably not ready to marry. Love alone is not reliable, because it is likely we may...

Thailand's Supreme Patriarch, who headed the country's order of Buddhist monks for more than two decades, died Thursday. He was 100.

The real followers of the Buddha can practise this religion without adhering to any school or sect. A few hundred years after the Buddha’s passing away, there arose eighteen different schools or sects all of which claimed ...

The Lord Buddha once visited Ambalattika temple where Venerable Rahula was living and, by using a mirror as a simile, explained to him how to purify the three outlets. It is clear that this explanation demonstrates the only way to the purification of the mind...