In a nutshell Despite appearing entirely different, Buddhist Jhāna meditation and Christian speaking in tongues both involve ...

Minister of Religious Affairs, Nasaruddin Umar, has urged the Buddhist community to focus on the sacredness aspect during the ...

Nestled in the serene village of Chandavaram in Andhra Pradesh’s Prakasam district stands South India’s largest Buddhist ...

In his short period of 20 years as a member of the Buddhist clergy, Ven. Panadure Ariyadhamma Thera brought about a virtual revolution in Buddhist worship by developing a unique Buddhist liturgy which ...

They can worship in different ways. Here are some things which take place at the Buddhist temple. Buddhists take off their shoes when they enter the temple. Buddhists will sometimes sit with their ...

A local resistance group fighting against the military government in Myanmar has acknowledged responsibility for the killing last week of a Buddhist monk and his disciple in the country's eastern ...

They are not mere places of Buddhist worship but marvels of construction. A set of three stamps released in April 2008, featured salient features of a dagoba. Also known as a stupa or 'chaitya', the ...

In addition to the scattered killings of Buddhist and Christian clergy, dozens of houses of worship of both religions have been damaged or destroyed. often by shelling or aerial bombardment by the ...