Haridwar (Uttarakhand) [India], May 23 (ANI): Thousands of devotees gathered in Haridwar to take a holy dip and offer prayers on the auspicious occasion of Buddha Purnima. The city witnessed a massive ...

Chief minister Nitish Kumar, in the holy presence of Buddhist spiritual leader Ogyen Trinle Dorje, the 17th Karmapa, formally inaugurated the three-day cultural extranaza Bihar assembly Speaker Uday ...

Buddhists in Japan learn teachings of Buddha from a humanoid deity. KYOTO, Japan -- Every week, 62-year-old Miyuki Tanaka joins a pious crowd of Buddhists heading to the historic Kodaiji Temple in ...

Buddhism, one of the world's oldest philosophies, offers a treasure trove of teachings that can transform our lives. Through ...

The ancient Indian gemstones linked to Buddha that were pulled out from a Sotheby’s sale earlier this year have found their way home after 127 years. India’s Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ...

The Temple of the Reclining Buddha, known as Wat Pho in Thai, is a Buddhist temple complex which is most known for its gold-plated "Reclining Buddha" sculpture. The Buddha measures 151 feet long and ...

An ancient Buddha statue from the early Goryeo dynasty was recently discovered at an archaeological site in North Korea. The Goryeo study saw the flourishing of Buddhist art and architecture funded by ...

An enormous headless statue of Buddha, believed to date back to the Qing dynasty, has been discovered in southwestern China. The 9m-high (30-foot) statue, with its head missing, was uncovered on a ...

Lama Chuck Stanford, Rime Buddhist Center: It is true that the Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, was born into a royal family that practiced and studied the Vedic tradition (Hindu is a modern term). This is ...

The Congress today dismissed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's assertion in Britain that "intolerance would not be accepted in India", describing the statement as "hypocritical" and ...