Senior Thai Monks Must Declare Assets According to New Regulation
By Shyamal Sinha
Mahamakut Buddhist University or MBU is one of the two public Buddhist universities in Thailand. Founded in 1893 as an educational institute for monks, by King Chulalongkorn in remembrance of his...
Hong Kong’s Sri Lankan Buddhist Community Celebrates Kathina
By Shyamal Sinha
Kathina is a Buddhist festival which comes at the end of Vassa, the three-month rainy season retreat for Theravada Buddhists in Bangladesh (known as Kaṭhina Cībar Dān), Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Sri Lanka,...
Fourth International Conference of Buddhist Women Held in Mongolia
By Shyamal Sinha
A female child may prove even to be a better offspring than a male.
Women's position in Buddhism is unique. The Buddha gave...
Japanese Temples Redistribute Donations to Fight Child Poverty
By Shyamal Sinha
The problems we face today, violent conflicts, destruction of nature, poverty, hunger, and so on, are human-created problems which can be resolved...
Fundraising Continues after NYC Buddhist Global Relief Hunger Walk Canceled
By Shyamal Sinha
Buddhist Global Relief is an organization of socially engaged Buddhists with a mission to "combat chronic hunger and malnutrition founded by Bhikkhu...
Chilean Parliamentary Delegation calls on His Holiness the Dalai Lama, visits Kashag Secretariat
By Shyamal Sinha
An eight-member Chilean parliamentary delegation led by Deputy Vlado Mirosevic Verdego, Liberal Party of Chile, called on Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness...
Tibet Was Never A Part Of China But The Middle Way Approach Remains a...
By Shyamal Sinha
The Middle-Way Approach is proposed by His Holiness the Dalai Lama to peacefully resolve the issue of Tibet and to bring about...
Ten Thousand Dalits Reportedly Embrace Buddhism During Dussehra Festival
By Shyamal Sinha
Vijayadashami also known as , Dussehra or Dashain is a major Hindu festival celebrated at the end of Navratri every year. It is observed on the tenth day in the Hindu calendar...
HH Dalai Lama Counsels Youth Leaders from Conflict Zones Against Action Founded in Anger
By Shyamal Sinha
We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves. Dalai Lama
28 youth leaders from 14 countries...
Conference in Nagpur Explores Ambedkarite Buddhism and Chinese Buddhist Diplomacy
By Shyamal Sinha
The Dalit Buddhist movement (also known as Neo-Buddhist movement[) is a socio-political movement by Dalits in India started by B. R. Ambedkar. It radically re-interpreted Buddhism and created a new...
