TAXILA: The ancient Dharmarajika Stupa evoked awe and reverence on Tuesday, as monks offered rituals, recited hymns, and offered prayers at one of the holiest sites of Buddhism in Taxila.

Police said Pawan Kanti Barua, 62, who was masquerading as monk Propul Chakma from Arunachal Pradesh, was arrested from the Sleeping Buddha Temple based on an intelligence input ...

UNESCO’s executive board on May 24 approved the archives of the Buddhist monk Enchin (814-891) for inclusion. Enchin founded the Tendai Jimon sect after bringing back the teachings of Chinese ...

The books with rules for Buddhist monks and nuns, known as the Vinaya, report that Mahaprajapati approached the Buddha to ask whether women like her, as well as women whose husbands had become ...

he also encouraged his monks to propagate his teachings in the vernacular. After his death, the Buddhist canon was formulated and transmitted by oral tradition, and it was written down in several ...

A devout Buddhist said a monk trapped her in a relationship of sexual violence and intimidation for 14 years, and that a man she had revered as a “living Buddha” essentially encouraged the abuse.

Henro, or pilgrims, follow in the footsteps of the Buddhist monk Kobo Daishi, who travelled the route more than 1,200 years ago in his search for enlightenment. Our group gathered early the first ...

Of its 20 monasteries, one is Russian, one is Bulgarian and one is Serbian, and the presence of monks from other nations is not unusual. On Mount Athos: “Truly Mount Athos spiritually has no ...

Buddhist monks across West Bengal have welcomed the Indian government’s recent decision to pursue ceasefire and have called for a permanent end to hostilities with neighbouring Pakistan. Marking ...

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There have been some incidents in recent months where many Buddhist monks have confronted the Hindu priest, a Hindu Math appointee, who looks after the pink coloured three temples, adjacent to the ...