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Buddha's principle of the middle path is relevant in today's time of global uncertainty, India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, P. Harish, said here at the commemoration of Vesak.
Sri Lankan feminists are at the center of a decades-long battle to reform the country’s Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act.
In what would be known as a rare occasion, clergy from all four religions of the country got together on Tuesday (13) at the ...
Sri Lanka may not be the first place you think of when planning a family vacation, but it is certainly not a country to ...
Phrasamu Sittchoke, a monk from Thailand, and Dhammaveera Thero from Sri Lanka offered rituals and prayed for world peace, ...
The Dalada exposition, held after 16 years, offered a rare opportunity for the general public to pay homage to the Sacred ...
In what part of the world is a community denied full control over its holiest shrines? Except us?” asked Akash Lama, the ...
Know about Buddha Purnima 2025—its date, spiritual significance, and the key rituals that honour Lord Buddha’s birth, ...
“In 1961, the Buddhist community decided to appeal to the Malaysian government to declare Wesak Day as a public holiday and ...
In February of 2015 Bhikkhuni Elizabeth Sujata made a bold and courageous decision in the tradition of the great Buddhist Nuns beginning with Mahapajapati Gotami (foster mother and aunt of the Buddha) ...
The full moon of Vysak is on, the compassionate one annihilating all suffering… Sahodaran Ayyappan, “Vysakha Paurnami” ...
Scott Fitzgerald finished a draft of his third novel, “The Great Gatsby,” in a rental home in Saint-Raphaël. By the time ...