The Ramayana story reveals the Vedic world that thrived in the Gangetic plains between 1,000 CE and 500 CE, though the story itself came to be written between 200 BCE and 200 CE. Buddhist Jataka tales ...

Buddhist paintings are a significant feature in Sri Lankan heritage. Ever since Buddhist art and architecture began to flourish after the introduction of Buddhism in the 3rd century BC, the artists ...

The background of “Phra Nang Farang” is based upon the artist’s impressions of the Phra Nang peninsula, which is known for its limestone peaks. Courtesy photo Artist Cody Seekins hopes to take viewers ...

Last week, while on a brief visit toKarachi, I had the opportunity to participate in a discussion on the Jataka tales of Gautama Buddha. We were looking at a short collection of 20 Jataka tales, ...

Buddhist legends: Beginnings -- Sumedha meets Dipankara Buddha -- The birth of the Buddha -- Leaving home -- Enlightenment -- Angulimala the robber -- Nalagiri the elephant -- Kisa Gotami -- ...

The term Jataka tales or Jataka stories commonly denotes the birth stories of the Buddha in previous lives. The Pansiya Panas Jataka Kataha Potha, or the book of Jataka tales, contains these ...

Will the SLPP (‘Pohottuwa’) have a political future, or will it wind up like the LSSP-CPSL of 1977, the SLFP of 1977 or the UNP of 2020? According to the Jataka Tales, when the Buddha was asked a ...

Please click on the images for glimpses of His Holiness The Dalai Lama seen in public for the first time in two years. IMAGE: After the coronavirus pandemic began, The Dalai Lama has been in seclusion ...

The High Commission of India in Colombo distributed 500 copies of the Sinhala translations of 5 Amar Chitra Katha Jataka Tales comic books at an event to coincide with Medin Poya. The books were ...

The High Commission of India in Colombo on 09 March distributed 500 copies of the Sinhala translations of five Amar Chitra Katha Jataka Tales comic books to mark the Medin Full Moon Poya Day, the ...