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Buddhism

‘The idea that Buddhism is a branch of Hinduism began in late 1800s’: Writer-historian Douglas Ober

Uma Chakravarti
· Nov 11, 2023 · 08:30 am
A new book studies 2000 years of Buddhist art and its practices in different Asian cultures

RM Woodward
· Sep 21, 2023 · 08:30 am
For ancient Romans, India existed in a liminal zone between the marketplace and the imagination

Norman Underwood
· Aug 15, 2023 · 05:30 pm
Buddhist monasteries exist under Hindu temples, claims Samajwadi Party’s Swami Prasad Maurya

Scroll Staff
· Jul 31, 2023 · 01:06 pm
Dalai Lama apologises after video of him kissing a child on the lip triggers outrage

Scroll Staff
· Apr 10, 2023 · 01:47 pm
In atheist China, the spiritual market is going online

Haoyang Zhai, The Conversation
· Apr 06, 2023 · 11:30 pm
How a new book on the role of Buddhism in shaping modern Indian history came to be

S Anand
· Mar 01, 2023 · 08:30 am
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