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Clergy in need of control, not reform
After a long silence during Thailand's biggest sex scandal in the clergy, the Ecclesiastical Council and the National Office of Buddhism (NOB) have finally spoken out. Their big idea? A new law to ...
Patna: Buddha Samyak Darshan Museum-cum-Memorial Stupa at Vaishaligarh in Vaishali district, showcasing a relic casket of Lord Buddha — considered \"mo.
Buddhist tourism in Uttar Pradesh is scaling new heights. In 2024, a total of 61,47,826 Buddhist tourists visited the state, ...
NIDA Poll reveals widespread public concern over misconduct in the monkhood, with strong support for legal penalties to ...
Xuanzang's journey in India is reviving the country's forgotten Buddhist heritage. Deepak Anand, a researcher and heritage ...
Nevertheless, according to Deeg, Xuanzang’s account requires careful interpretation and contextualisation before conclusions ...
Explore the cultural, demographic, and infrastructural changes in Tibet's Lhasa, reflecting China's influence and impact on ...
Legal action against senior monks in Thailand raises questions about the future of Thai Buddhism, with calls for reform and ...
Osaka-born Chef Haruyama has over a decade of experience working as a chef in Singapore. He recently opened his own hawker ...
Cultural Aesthetics in Japanese Spiritual Worlds helps students explore questions of meaning, ethics and belief that anime brings to life. It examines themes such as what happens when the past ...
The Young Buddhist Initiative describes itself as bringing Buddhist traditions into the modern world in a way that it hopes ...
Fadnavis further announced the state’s intention to introduce stringent legal provisions to curb religious conversions ...