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India’s Nalanda University is accepting students – almost a millennium after it was destroyed by Muslim invaders. Renowned during the first millennium of the Christian period as one of the world’s top centers of learning well before Oxford, Cambridge and Bologna universities...

Gautama Buddha is remembered for his teachings of righteous life, non-violence and peace and showing the path to end sufferings. It is said that his teachings and mass following of Buddhism successfully created a movement of peace that has lasted 2,500 years in...

...we have come together to explore the topic of "Education and Global Citizenship: A Buddhist Perspective," promoting mutual understanding and cooperation between organizations and individuals from all Buddhist traditions.

Thousands of Buddhists flocked to the street to see 32 flower-decorated vehicles while on the Nhieu Loc and Tau Hu canals, tens of flower-decorated boats participated in the lantern festival celebrating the Vesak Day and the 50th anniversary of Thich Quang Duc's self-immolation on May 23.

The significance of Vesak lies with the Buddha and his universal peace message to mankind. As we recall the Buddha and his Enlightenment, we are immediately reminded of the unique and most profound knowledge and insight which arose in him on the night of ...

Most religions have an emblem and a flag. Buddhism did not have a flag for a long time. It was in 1952 that World Buddhist Congress accepted a flag as its symbol, which was jointly designed by J.R...

Buddhism is one of Southeast Asia’s major religions, second to Islam which is predominant in Indonesia, Brunei and Malaysia. As such, major Buddhist holidays like Vesak, is widely celebrated in various Southeast Asian countries.

Buddhists today pay homage to the Manjusri, the bodhisattva of supreme wisdom, depicted with a flaming sword in his right hand to cut through clouds of ignorance and a lotus in his left hand symbolizing the attainment of wisdom. Manjusri, one of the four great bodhisattvas of...

The Dalai Lama has implored Buddhist monks in Burma and Sri Lanka to put an end to a series of recent attacks on Muslims in their countries. The Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader spoke Tuesday night about religious violence when asked questions following a speech he delivered to 15,000 people ...

The Dalai Lama's visit to Portland this weekend for the Life After Life Symposium sponsored by Maitripa College, a graduate school of Tibetan Buddhism in Southeast Portland, has sparked a discussion of Buddhism in the local media.

The Buddha's teachings arose from his own observations and meditations, and he urged us all to test and discover them for ourselves. Among his most fundamental teachings is that of the 'three marks of existence' or the 'three dharma seals.' The Buddha observed that there are three characteristics...

Her Holiness Shinso Ito, Head Priest of Shinnyo-en, a Japanese Buddhist denomination, became the first female priest to lead a Mahayana prayer ceremony at Wat Paknam, a well-known Theravada Buddhist temple. Her Holiness Shinso Ito is ...

It is one of the most momentous occasions in these young boys' lives - and one of the most important duties their parents are to carry out for them. Decked head to toe in vibrant costume and made up with lavish jewellery and make-up, these two boys are about to be ordained as Buddhist monks

World-renowned Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh is due to arrive in Thailand on March 25, as part of his dhamma retreat tour of Asia.The tour is a rare opportunity for teachers, educators, administrators and anyone involved with education to join the Applied Ethics Retreat, from April 4 and 8, at ...

The largest Buddhist temple in Europe was inaugurated in Rome on 31 March in the presence of the city's mayor Gianni Alemanno, thousands of members of the capital's Chinese community, and Tibetan monks. Located between warehouses on...

Four years after its endeavor to propagate Buddhism in Linz, Austria, the Chung Tai Chan Monastery (中台襌寺) recently celebrated the grand opening of the Chung Tai Zen Center of Linz, also called the Zen Buddhism Center in Austria (奧地利普法精舍). This is the...

On April 6, Master Hsing Yun, a Chinese Buddhist monk and the founder of Fo Guang Shan monastery showed up at Boao Dialogue Series and made a speech on the topic “The Strength of Honesty and Integrity”. He was joined by Liu Changle, Chairman of the Management Board

In advising women about their role in married life, the Buddha appreciated that the peace and harmony of a home rested largely on women's shoulders. His advice was realistic and practical when he quoted a good number of day-to-day characteristics which a woman should or ...

The private, co-ed, accredited Pacific Buddhist Academy was founded in 2003 and is open to all, regardless of faith.It “offers a curriculum designed to foster Buddhist values of gratitude, compassion and respect for each individual, rather than the typical educational model focused on high-pressure tests.”

With the growth of Mahayana Buddhism in India, especially during the reign of King Kanishka who ruled over Northern India during the second half of the first century A.D., the sect also spread to the neighboring countries, such as Sumatra, Java, and Kambuja (Cambodia).

Thailand is perhaps the only country in the world where the king is constitutionally stipulated to be a Buddhist and the upholder of the Faith. For centuries Buddhism has established itself in Thailand and has enriched the lives of the Thais in all their aspects. Indeed, without Buddhism, Thailand would not be what it is today.

For much of its history, the country that we today as Bangladesh has been a part of a greater India and was known only as Bengal: what happened elsewhere on the subcontinent in the twentieth century ...

Many Buddhists tried to correct these corrupt practices observed by the then Buddhists of Bangladesh. Ven. Cainga Bhikkhu of pahartali, Chittagong visited Mrohang (Mijhan), the ancient capital of Arakan and saw the wonderful Mahamuni image ...

Cette branche du bouddhisme est relativement peu médiatisée en France, bien qu'en nombre les pratiquants soient plus nombreux que les autres branches, car elle regroupe des communautés provenant du sud est asiatique (principalement Birmanie, Thaïlande, Laos, Cambodge, Sri Lanka) et implantées en France depuis quelques décennies.

A Chronology of Events of the Buddha Dhamma

The monk, Abbot Wang Yuanlu, broke in and discovered a small chamber, about nine feet square and full from floor to ceiling with scrolls. They had been hidden and perfectly preserved in the dark, dry grotto for 1,000 years. Although he didn't know it, among the nearly 60,000 scrolls was the Diamond Sutra of 868 A.D., a woodblock printed scroll, more than 16 feet long, complete and dated, with an instruction that it be given away for free.

Today, the International Buddhist Centre (IBC), the Sri Lanka Educational Cultural and Social Association, and the International Buddhist Association, all function from the IBC built on a one hundred perch land situated at No. 7, Cite Fermin Bourgeios, 93350, Le Bourget in France. The centre was consecrated by the Bhikkhu Sangha led by the most Venerable Balangoda Ananda Maitreya Mahanayaka Thera.

Buddhist clergy and laity have been involved with the care of the sick for over two thousand years. The Indian Buddhist emperor Asoka states in his second Rock Edict that provision has been made everywhere in his kingdom for medical treatment for both men and animals, and that medicinal herbs suitable for both have been imported and planted.

Thousands of people attended a memorial service for Most Venerable Thich Minh Chau, Deputy Patriarch of the Viet Nam Buddhist Sangha (VBS), who passed away on September 1-2012 aged 94.

Zhejiang's Mount Putuo is latest sacred site to contemplate listing, prompting alarm over commercialisation of Chinese culture ...