Former Miss Korea Wins Award for Promoting Buddhism
By Shyamal Sinha
Korean Buddhism consists mostly of the Seon lineage, primarily represented by the Jogye and Taego Orders. The Korean Seon has a strong...
China Plans US$1.5-million Renovation Project for Potala Palace in Tibet
By Shyamal Sinha
The Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China was the residence of the Dalai Lama until the 14th Dalai Lama fled...
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Reaffirms Buddhism as “First Among Equals” in Country’s Constitution
By Shyamal Sinha
Theravada Buddhism is the religion of 70.2% of the population of Sri Lanka. The island has been a center of Buddhist scholarship...
Dalai Lama’s Japan trip cancelled on doctor’s advice
By Shyamal Sinha
His Holiness the Dalai Lama tfinished his four-day teaching on Chandrakirti’s Entering the Middle Way (Tib: uma jukpa) at Thekchen Choeling Tsuglagkhang,...
English Version of Digital Dunhuang Offers Virtual Tour of Mogao Caves
By Shyamal Sinha
Situated at a strategic point along the Silk Route, at the crossroads of trade as well as religious, cultural and intellectual influences,...
12th Buddhist Film Festival Europe to be held in Amsterdam, 29 September–1 October
By Shyamal Sinha
For years BFFE aims to find and show films that relate to Buddhism as a living and vital, cultural presence in modernity....
Dalai Lama arrives in Dharamshala
By Shyamal Sinha
His Holiness the Dalai Lama landed in Dharamshala after concluding 20-day visit to four nations in Europe where he gave public talks...
Kundeling Tatsak Rinpoche Consecrates New Enlightenment Stupa in Moscow
By Shyamal Sinha
A new Enlightenment Stupa has opened in Moscow’s Otradnoye District. More than a dozen Buddhist teachers from different traditions were present to...
Sri Lanka’s Centre for Islamic Studies Hosts Open Mosque Day
By Shyamal Sinha
The Akbar Masjid, located on Kew Road in Slave Island, was built in 1859. According local accounts this mosque had been surrounded...
New Climate Study Bodes Ill for Asia’s Glaciers
By Shyamal Sinha
Climate change is caused by factors such as biotic processes, variations in solar radiation received by Earth, plate tectonics, and volcanic eruptions....
