Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Sri Lanka, Buddhananda, the Buddhist monk who speaks Sanskrit, Prakrit, and ...

Time was when we had to observe the five precepts chanting in front of the omnipresent Buddha statue in every Buddhist ...

As the world celebrates gender equality this month, Thai women are breaking barriers in many fields - yet the nation's clergy stands firm against change.In Thailand, where Buddhism is hailed as the ...

Sri Lanka and Myanmar are predominantly Buddhist, with Theravada Buddhism as their official religion. Both nations were once ...

Bhikkhu Nyānadassana (Ioannis Tselios) is a Greek-born Buddhist monk who has practiced in the Theravāda tradition for over 40 years, primarily in Sri Lanka. After studying sociology at Goethe ...

Sri Lanka will give Myanmar 1 million US dollars in aid, and dry rations in the aftermath of the deadly earthquake, Minister ...

COLOMBO, April 2 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka has pledged 1 million U.S. dollars in aid to Myanmar following a devastating earthquake that struck the country last week, a press release from the Department of ...