Monks from Buddhist organization Bodu Bala Sena (Buddhist Power Force, BBS) listen to a speech at a BBS convention in Colombo (September 28, 2014). Credit: REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte Subscribe for ads ...

Aruni Ruwandathi, a Christian graduate student, was surprised to find a bas-relief sculpture of Jesus washing the feet of his disciples at Tulana in Kelaniya. Buddhist monk Ven. Uttarananda Thera had ...

Father Aloysius Peiris is the founding director of the Tulana Research Center for Encounter and Dialogue. The Jesuit priest teaches laypeople and clergy students the value of Buddhist-Christian ...

In The Cult of the Goddess Pattini (1984), Gananath Obeyesekere analyzes the historical, sociological, and psychological aspects of the Pattini cult in Sri Lanka, examining the goddess’s syncretic ...

Darcie Price-Wallace received funding from a Fulbright Grant for her dissertation research. In August 2025, 161 Tibetan Buddhist nuns from religious institutions across India and Nepal – a record ...