Union Minister of Culture and Tourism Gajendra Singh Shekhawat is going to inaugurate Shunyata--an exhibition of paintings by Indian artist poet and diplo ...

This story goes that the Buddha, in a previous birth as a Bodhisattva, was a prince and sent to study at Taxila university.

Dharmakṣema, who hailed from Central India, was instrumental in the translation of important Buddhist texts to Chinese in 5th ...

KYOTO--Kiyomizudera temple here, a UNESCO World Heritage site, has kicked off its special autumn nighttime viewing, ...

Last week I was reading a paper written by my godson, Arlo, on Dostoevsky’s Notes From Underground. Now, let’s pause for a ...

NARA—The Nara National Museum has unveiled the details of its first full-scale exhibition devoted to national treasures, ...

Monuments woman' Katherine Tsiang's Buddhist statue digital restorations have revived interest in lost dynasties and ...

The Ocean Sutra is a 1,500-year-old Mahayana Buddhist manuscript that shows a strong influence of Tantrik Shaiva ideology. It ...

“Like a little meditation?” I venture. “Exactly,” he replies, emphatically, validating our shared moment of mindfulness.

Did you know there’s a Yiddish word—"machetunim"—for your child’s in-laws? Imagine if we had words like this for all the ...

The National Museum of Korea is open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Wednesday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Admission to the National Museum of Korea is ...

Maitreya, Sri Lanka, Great Standing One of the tallest statues in the world is this enormous representation of Maitreya Buddha. Buddha in Sri Lanka's Kande Viharaya Crafted from a single rock, this ...