As a scholar of East Asian Buddhism who studies how and why deities transform over time, I see the Laughing Buddha as a key ...

If you want to learn more about Indian Gods – including Shiva, Ganesha and Saraswati – and their Japanese counterparts, you ...

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 ...

This is a holy occasion for all Buddhists, but is celebrated on different dates depending on the school of Buddhism or country ... In several South and Southeast Asian countries, it is celebrated ...