Democracy’s Dhamma: Buddhism in the Making of Modern India, c. 1890-1956 by Gitanjali Surendran, Cambridge University Press, 2024; pp 348, ₹1,205. The EPW produces independent and public-spirited ...

Is it possible to feel physical pain without suffering? For thousands of years, that question has fueled Buddhist mindfulness practices that combat pain relief by embracing the inevitability of ...

A Buddhist nun has filed a lawsuit in Orange County claiming the leader of a Westminster Buddhist temple sexually assaulted her multiple times while she lived and worked there. In the suit, the woman ...

When Kali Puja rolls around in Bengal, people come in droves to the pandals to gape at the clay figurines of goddess Kali’s frighteningly monstrous, charnel ground retinue. One figure that holds ...

PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Thailand’s Sadom Kaewkanjana holds a fascinating distinction at this week’s British Open. No, not being one of the players at 3-under par and one shot out of the lead ...

Thai golfer Sadom Kaewkanjana is no household name, but if he continues to contend at the British Open at Royal Portrush, he could become the sort of sports story they make movies about. Kaewkanjana ...

The first inscription, painted in Prakrit using Brāhmī script, dates to the 1st century BCE. It refers to a donation of caves in favour of Buddhism by a person from the Hāritiputra lineage, possibly ...

Elon Musk likened himself to Buddha, describing his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) as akin to Buddhism during a recent interview. FILE PHOTO: Tesla CEO Elon Musk wears a 'Trump Was Right ...

India is preparing to roll out its first school curriculum for Buddhist monasteries this month, aiming to unify education programmes and foster patriotism in Himalayan religious centers near its ...

Throughout this report, religious switching refers to a change between the religious group in which a person says they were raised (during their childhood) and their religious identity now (in ...

In the mornings, Ian Kilroy goes downstairs at 7am to switch on his computer in the livingroom to sit online with others from Dublin Zen Centre. “I offer incense. I do my vows and then I sit,” he says ...