Angelina Jolie unveils Khmer Rouge film with screening in Angkor Wat
By - Shyamal Sinha
The moern name, Angkor Wat, means "Temple City" or "City of Temples" in Khmer; Angkor, meaning "city" or "capital city", is a vernacular...
Japanese Priest Serves Up Pure Land Buddhism with Techno Beats
By Shyamal Sinha
Forget about going to Sunday church at Berghain; Japanese DJ-turned-Buddhist priest, Gyōsen Asakura, has actually made a real techno temple.
Seeking to broaden...
Sikyong addresses Japanese Parliament Members at Parliament Building
By - Staff Writer
TOKYO: Tibetan political leader Dr Lobsang Sangay today received multiple rounds of applause when he addressed the members of the Japanese Parliament...
Thailand Appoints New Supreme Patriarch to Head Monastic Sangha
By Shyamal Sinha
Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn has appointed Venerable Somdet Phra Maha Muneewonga as the new supreme patriarch, filling the top spot in the...
South Korea Seeks UNESCO World Heritage Status for Seven Mountain Temples
By Shyamal Sinha
South Korea launched the bid to list its mountainous temples as World Heritage sites in May 2011. The seven temples were chosen...
His Holiness Talks on Ancient Indian Thought at Vivekananda International Foundation
By Shyamal Sinha,New Delhi
The Vivekananda International Foundation, an Indian public policy think-tank affiliated to the Vivekananda Kendra and staffed largely by retired bureaucrats, intelligence officials...
Dalai Lama Passes Baton of Hope to Young Generation
By - Shyamal Sinha,New Delhi
His Holiness the Dalai Lama emphasised there was hope for change with united efforts.
“Today we are facing all sort of problems...
Buddhists from US Protest Donald Trump’s Travel Ban on Seven Muslim-majority Countries
By Shyamal Sinha
American Buddhist teachers and practitioners are voicing objections to US President Donald Trump’s executive order to suspend refugee admissions for 120 days...
Myanmar Buddhist Recognizes the Right of All Children to Receive an Education
By Shyamal Sinha
The Rohingya people are a Muslim minority group residing in the Rakhine state, formerly known as Arakan.The Rohingya people are considered “stateless entities”, as the Myanmar government has been...
Chinese Buddhist Association pours cold water on tradition of being first to offer incense
By – Laura Zhou
It’s a belief among some Chinese that being the first person to offer incense at a temple at the start of...
