A new Indian facsimile edition of the Gilgit Lotus Sutra - an important document of Mahayana Buddhism - written in Sanskrit has brought the last teachings of Gautama Buddha before his death to ...

The two objects in this exhibition exemplify the birth of Buddhism in Japan. In 552, the Korean kingdom of Baekje sent the Japanese court sacred texts (sutras) and a gilt bronze sculpture, thought to ...

A Tibetan sutra printing house has released 1,700 sets of the Tibetan Kagyur of Tripitaka, the Tibetan word for Buddha, since it was set up nearly two decades ago at Muru temple in Lhasa, capital of ...

From its beginnings in India some 2,500 years ago, Buddhism spread and became influential across a wide area of the subcontinent and Central Asia. The decision of King Ashoka, the third-century ruler ...

The 11th Panchen Lama, Bainqen Erdini Qoigyijabu, participates in a debate at Tashilhunpo Monastery in Shigatse, Tibet autonomous region, on Tuesday to attain the highest degree in sutra teachings of ...

Thousands of Buddhists from across the globe honored the Holy Birthday of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III (Photo Credit: Michael Gao Shan) On June 14th and 15th, at the Glendale Civic Auditorium in ...

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