The rules of income distribution as outlined in the Sigalovada Sutta, often referred to as the “householder’s discipline” or ...

We, representatives of the Buddhist community from 72 countries and regions, gathered from October 15 to 17, 2024, at Mount ...

Buddhist wedding ceremonies vary widely across traditions and countries. They usually take place separately from the legal marriage ceremony. Here is one example from the Theravada tradition ...

When the great King Anawrahta of Pagan united the whole of Burma into a single kingdom in the eleventh century and made Theravada Buddhism the national religion, there were already in existence a ...

What does the approval mean for Marathi, Bengali, Assamese, Pali and Prakrit? What are the criteria for such a declaration?

One thing she notes is that in the Theravada Buddhist tradition, one of the ethical precepts that monks undertake is not to ...

In the archaeological site of Kerameikos in Athens, Greece, there is an ancient tomb of an Indian Buddhist monk named ...

The ties of Buddhism have been an enduring bond for more than two thousand years between India and Laos a country Prime ...

Sri Lanka’s Economic Identity: As described in last week’s column, Buddhism, beyond its spiritual teachings, has deeply influenced socio-economic life across Asia. Theravada and Mahayana, the two main ...

More than 90 percent of Thailand's nearly 70 million people are practitioners of Theravada Buddhism, a school of Buddhism that is also widely embraced in other Southeast Asian countries such as ...