How the West discovered the Buddha through literature

Philip C Almond, The Conversation

· May 14, 2022 · 12:30 pm

Watch: India’s largest statue of a reclining Buddha is being built in Bodh Gaya, Bihar

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· Mar 09, 2022 · 11:26 am

‘The Light of Asia’: Jairam Ramesh’s new book is a biography of an epic bio-poem on the Buddha

Jairam Ramesh

· Jun 08, 2021 · 08:30 am

How harpists (including one from Benaras) were portrayed in the tales of the Buddha’s former lives

Maria Kekki

· Mar 23, 2021 · 09:30 pm

The Burmese harp and the tales of the Buddha’s previous lives

Maria Kekki

· Nov 29, 2020 · 07:30 pm

Nepal strongly objects to S Jaishankar’s reference to Buddha as Indian, MEA issues clarification

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· Aug 10, 2020 · 10:10 am

How the 50 ‘birth-tales’ of Buddha spread from Thailand to the rest of Southeast Asia

Jana Igunma

· Jun 20, 2020 · 07:30 pm

Christian Europe once celebrated the story of Buddha without even knowing it

Jana Igunma

· Jul 04, 2019 · 08:30 pm

An un-Kshatriya-like Siddhartha is in love with Yashodhara. Will her father allow the marriage?

Volga

· Jun 05, 2019 · 05:30 pm

London Police return 12th century Buddha statue, stolen 57 years ago, to India

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· Aug 15, 2018 · 06:23 pm

We know the story of the Buddha, but what about his wife Yasodhara?

Vanessa R Sasson

· Jul 12, 2018 · 08:30 am

Harmony, serenity, watchfulness: What the deer signifies in Thai manuscripts on Buddha's birth tales

Jana Igunma

· Dec 28, 2016 · 08:30 pm

Nine years after Taliban defaced a historic Buddha statue in Pakistan, it has been restored

Fazal Khaliq

· Nov 10, 2016 · 09:30 pm

Beyond Harappa: Pakistanis struggle with the paradox of their Indian heritage

Haroon Khalid

· Aug 24, 2016 · 05:30 pm

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· Jan 10, 2016 · 07:00 am

'Buddhism cannot be understood by acquiring degrees; it can only be understood by the heart'

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· Jan 08, 2016 · 07:00 pm

Was there misogyny in early Buddhist writings?

Devdutt Pattanaik

· Jan 02, 2016 · 10:30 am