Being able to distinguish and measure 15 distinct self-transcendent states is an important step toward a better understanding ...

“Vice chancellor, Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies, Sarnath, Prof Wangchuk Dorjee Negi and director ... and costumed dance unique to Tibetan Buddhism, is another attraction of ...

CM Pema Khandu pointed that the dam would allow China to control the timing and volume of water flowing downstream, which could have devastating effects during periods of low flow or drought ...

Speaking on the occasion, Khen Rinpoche Tsering Dorjee Tulku of Yortong village elucidated the importance of Pemako region for Buddhist pilgrimage, terming it “the centre of the Earth, with holy lakes ...

The history of Bon can be traced to the ancient shamanistic traditions of the Tibetan plateau. Initially, Bon was not a single, unified religion but a collection of beliefs and practices related to ...

In the Buddhist language, Pāli, the word for human dissatisfaction and suffering is dukkha. For Buddhist thinkers, all human suffering is caused by desire, attachment or craving. As a Buddhist ...

The kind of changes you have seen in Tamil Nadu, in most parts of Northeast. Arunachal Pradesh used to be a Buddhist majority till 2001, in 2011 it's a Christian majority. If you look at what is ...

Nirvana Day is an annual Buddhist festival that remembers the death of the Buddha when he reached Nirvana at the age of 80. Nirvana is believed to be the end of the cycle of death and rebirth.

Welcome to Religions of the World. Buddhism: The Religion of Buddhists. Buddhism is about 2,500 years old and people who follow Buddhism are called Buddhists. Buddhists follow the teachings of a ...