Dr Upul Wijayawardhana How would the Buddha have looked like in real life?” This question was posed by Prof. Asanga Thilakaratna, the Chief Editor of the Encyclopaedia of Buddhism, during one of the ...

But the major impact of Sinhalese culture was on Southeast Asia - on Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, southern Vietnam and the Yunnan province of China. Sinhala Bhikkhus taught Pali, the language of ...

SBS Sinhala Radio monthly book review program focusses on a Sinhala children’s story about Abhayagiri, one of the oldest Buddhist shrines in Sri Lanka written by Vineetha Wijerathna in Melbourne.

Turning their attention from Tamils, Sinhala-Buddhist nationalists are now targeting the island's Muslim minority.

But the major impact of Sinhalese culture was on Southeast Asia - on Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, southern Vietnam and the Yunnan province of China. Sinhala Bhikkhus taught Pali, the language of ...