“GROWING IN THE mud, and yet so clean, the lotus is a symbol of purity,” writes the Sri Lankan historian Ananda K. Coomaraswamy in his 1913 book “The Arts and Crafts of India & Ceylon.” The lotus pool ...

Buddhist monks belonging to Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, Nepal, South Korea and Sri Lanka, who are in Islamabad to participate ... during their visit to Dharmarajika Stupa near Taxila they also ...

Wix Squared has designed an innovative programme that turns Bhutan holidays into a competitive adventure, complete with ...

With its elegant prayer hall, sweeping roofs ... in other Southeast Asian countries such as Sri Lanka and Cambodia. Followers of Theravada Buddhism are said to adhere most closely to Buddha ...

Diwali usually takes place between October and November, with the date changing every year according to the Hindu lunar calendar. Celebrations usually last for five days, with the main festivities ...

My Deepavali prayer each year has been ‘May our land be blessed, may our lives be blessed’. And we have good reason to be charmed by the interplay of biodiversi ...

The festival of lights is fast approaching – but why do we celebrate? What Is Diwali? Diwali is a major Hindu festival celebrating the triumph of light over darkness, good over evil and knowledge over ...

Gaza was the first time I held a baby’s brains in my hand. The first of many.” – Dr. Mark Perlmutter, orthopaedic and hand ...

In all religious traditions, light, an emblem of divine goodness, seems to be in perennial conflict with, before finally ...

Some copies have already been handed over to the Colombo University, The Buddhist Sculptures of Sri Lanka still remains as the first (and only) full length detailed documentation and study of the ...

Buddhism originated in India over 2500 years ago. It is a nontheistic faith founded by Siddhartha Gautama, also known as the ...

For one thing, treating the people you disagree with as 'mistaken' rather than 'evil' can help to build our collective civic ...