The only reason these ancient Buddhist texts survived the destruction, the Dalai Lama explained, is because, centuries earlier, Tibetan monks had trekked down to the hot Indian plains from their ...

He explained that the earliest references to the Ramayana entered the Han cultural sphere primarily through Buddhist texts, indicating that while the entire epic was not fully integrated ...

Dharmakṣema, who hailed from Central India, was instrumental in the translation of important Buddhist texts to Chinese in 5th ...

Ramayana in Chinese Buddhist Texts At a symposium on “Ramayana- A Timeless Guide” organised by the Indian Embassy here on Saturday, a host of Chinese scholars associated with longstanding ...

Establishing a new religion in ancient India was no simple matter ... Instead, he converted them to Buddhism. Panel with devotees honoring the Dharma - wheel and nāgas protecting the relics ...