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Why Romila Thapar went to China in 1957: To study the history of Buddhism, not Communism

Romila Thapar
· Dec 17, 2020 · 08:30 am
Watch: Monk takes in pythons, cobras, vipers that would otherwise be sold in the black market

Scroll Staff
· Dec 05, 2020 · 10:13 am
India says UN is selective, fails to acknowledge violence against Buddhism, Hinduism, Sikhism

Scroll Staff
· Dec 03, 2020 · 05:38 pm
The Burmese harp and the tales of the Buddha’s previous lives

Maria Kekki
· Nov 29, 2020 · 07:30 pm
Ancient Indian philosophy offers timely reflections on the interconnectedness of the world

Matthew MacKenzie, The Conversation
· Jun 14, 2020 · 11:30 pm
Beyond meditation: Many Buddhists are putting faith in healing rituals to ward off coronavirus

Pierce Salguero, The Conversation
· May 24, 2020 · 11:30 pm
Illustrations: The many lives of Gautama Buddha in 18th and 19th century manuscripts

Jana Igunma
· May 03, 2020 · 08:30 pm
How Buddhist teachings can quell our anxiety about the coronavirus pandemic

Brooke Schedneck, The Conversation
· Apr 03, 2020 · 11:30 pm
How translated texts, paintings and songs brought Buddhism to the western world

Jana Igunma
· Feb 05, 2020 · 01:30 pm
The Gandharan manuscripts change what we know about the course of Buddhist history

Richard Salomon
· Jan 28, 2020 · 01:30 pm
The Art of Resistance: When a Vietnamese monk set himself on fire as an act of protest in 1963

Priyali Prakash
· Jan 01, 2020 · 01:00 am
Mahaparinirvan Diwas: Why is it celebrated on 6th December?

Scroll Staff
· Dec 05, 2019 · 09:59 am
Do meditation apps really work? Or are they just money-making products?

Gregory Grieve and Beverley McGuire, The Conversation
· Nov 04, 2019 · 08:30 pm
Watch: First single from Leonard Cohen’s new posthumous album is inspired by his Buddhist practice

Scroll Staff
· Oct 25, 2019 · 12:47 pm
Watch: This Android-powered priest is a recent entrant to a 400-year-old Buddhist temple in Japan

Scroll Staff
· Aug 30, 2019 · 07:50 am
Christian Europe once celebrated the story of Buddha without even knowing it

Jana Igunma
· Jul 04, 2019 · 08:30 pm
How a book of poems written by Buddhist nuns over a 300-year period helps in understanding suffering

Aparna Sanyal
· May 18, 2019 · 07:30 am
Buddha Purnima: Why the full moon day in May is so auspicious in Buddhism

San San May
· May 13, 2019 · 10:00 pm
Thich Nhat Hanh, the Buddhist monk who introduced mindfulness to the West, prepares to die

Brooke Schedneck, The Conversation
· Mar 23, 2019 · 09:30 pm
Dalai Lama says his successor may be found in India: Reuters

Scroll Staff
· Mar 19, 2019 · 09:49 am