In what would be known as a rare occasion, clergy from all four religions of the country got together on Tuesday (13) at the ...

Fourteen young nuns died when Thutaythaka Nunnery collapsed. A month later, their abbess still waits beside the rubble ...

(AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo) A Buddhist novice monk walks past damaged ... earthquake in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Monday, April 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo) A women walks past damaged buildings ...

“The Myanmar junta’s so-called ceasefire is a sham,” said Sai Arkar, Human Rights Associate at Fortify Rights. “Since April 2, the military junta has intensified its deadly airstrikes, including in ...

Reiko Ohnuma, a scholar of South Asian Buddhism, argues that Maya is remembered in Buddhist tradition as an idealized, if ...

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Even after the Buddha left home, he continued to honour two mother figures – his biological mother, Maya, and his foster ...

In what part of the world is a community denied full control over its holiest shrines? Except us?” asked Akash Lama, the ...

The books with rules for Buddhist monks and nuns, known as the Vinaya, report that Mahaprajapati approached the Buddha to ask whether women like ... Cambodia and Myanmar without fully ordained ...

Millions of Buddhists throughout ASEAN are celebrating Wesak Day, a significant occasion that commemorates the birth, enlightenment, and passing of Lord Buddha. In the Indochina region, festivities ...