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Buddhism

Is the modern world transforming Buddhism to suits its needs or discovering the ancient truths?

Jesse Barker, The Conversation
· Nov 19, 2022 · 11:30 pm
Why RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s call for caste system to be discarded has been met with scepticism

Vivek Deshpande
· Oct 19, 2022 · 07:30 am
‘I would rather die in India than in China’: Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama

Scroll Staff
· Sep 24, 2022 · 08:04 am
What is the story behind the disfigured ghostly sculptures in Thai cosmological parks?

Roni N Wang
· Aug 06, 2022 · 09:30 pm
Why did Sumatran kings once build a Buddhist monastery in Tamil Nadu?

Ajay Kamalakaran
· Aug 03, 2022 · 11:30 am
Watch: A 500-year-old Japanese temple uses strobe lights, music to attract young people to Buddhism

Scroll Staff
· Jul 28, 2022 · 02:10 pm
How did China view India at the time Buddhism entered through its borders?

Shyam Saran
· Jun 01, 2022 · 08:30 am
‘The blessing is also for animals’: Monks meet pets on the occasion of Buddha Purnima in Singapore

Scroll Staff
· May 16, 2022 · 04:41 pm
In Thai manuscripts, the future Buddha is at the centre of some of the most beautiful illustrations

Jana Igunma
· Apr 11, 2022 · 09:30 pm
How ‘The Tibetan Book of the Dead’ gives a compelling Buddhist perspective on death

Pema Düddul, The Conversation
· Apr 10, 2022 · 05:30 pm
An Ambedkarite is interweaving Buddha’s teachings with dhrupad in a leap of artistic faith

Malini Nair
· Mar 26, 2022 · 11:30 am
The Dalai Lama makes first public appearance in two years

Scroll Staff
· Mar 18, 2022 · 06:14 pm
Illustrations: A puzzling fragment from an 18th-century Thai meditation manual

Jana Igunma
· Feb 20, 2022 · 07:30 pm
Gunavarman: The Kashmiri monk who helped spread Buddhism across Asia

Ajay Kamalakaran
· Feb 12, 2022 · 11:30 am
Buddhist nuns are gaining new leadership roles in a tradition that began with Buddha’s foster mother

Jue Liang, The Conversation
· Dec 13, 2021 · 09:30 pm
Illustrations: In Thai Buddhist cosmology, Indra lives in a celestial stupa with 32 other deities

Jana Igunma
· Nov 08, 2021 · 11:30 pm
In Thai manuscript paintings, chariots are more than just vehicles for transportation

Jana Igunma
· Aug 11, 2021 · 09:30 pm
After decades of restricting religion, the Chinese Communist Party is carefully allowing its revival

Mario Poceski, The Conversation
· Aug 09, 2021 · 11:30 pm
As Covid-19 hits tourism in Thailand, even Buddhist temples are struggling

Brooke Schedneck, The Conversation
· Jun 12, 2021 · 11:30 pm
Why Romila Thapar went to China in 1957: To study the history of Buddhism, not Communism

Romila Thapar
· Dec 17, 2020 · 08:30 am