Buddhism

From Kali to Mary: How different religions revere motherhood

Many countries across the world mark today (14 May) as Mother's Day. Many religions include goddess-centred traditions that embrace many forms of the divine feminine as central to their belief systems

Dalai Lama names Mongolian boy as new Buddhist spiritual leader

The eight-year-old Mongolian boy born in US is one of a pair of twin boys named Aguidai and Achiltai Altannar. The news of the boy being named as the reincarnation brought contempt among secular nationalists and alarm among those who felt that it will provoke the rage of the country's neighbour

Belgium to become second EU country to recognize Buddhism

There are currently six worship services officially recognized in Belgium: the Roman Catholic, the Orthodox, the Israelite, the Anglican, the Protestant Evangelical and the Islamic, recognized in 1974

Why India wants UNESCO World Heritage site tag for PM Modi’s birthplace, Vadnagar

Vadnagar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthplace in Gujarat, has made it to the tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage sites. Inhabited for over 2,700 years, it has excavations from before the 2nd Century BCE and is home to ancient arched gateways, temples, and kothis

Explained: How Hindus, Buddhists are trying to save swastika from Nazi taint

In the West, the swastika is frequently associated with Adolf Hitler's hakenkreuz, or hooked cross — a symbol of hatred that evokes the trauma of the Holocaust and the horrors of Nazi Germany. Several faith groups are leading the effort to distinguish the swastika from the hakenkreuz

I will not believe in Hindu Gods: Congress Mayor Hema Deshmukh caught red handed at anti-Hindu mass conversion event

The BJP has accused Congress Mayor Hema Deshmukh in Chhattisgarh of hurting the sentiments of Hindus by participating in a mass conversion program at Rajnandgaon in Chhattisgarh

Don’t understand why Kejriwal and his gang hate Hindu, Hindutva: Kiren Rijiju

The minister’s remarks came after a video clip purportedly showing Delhi Social Welfare Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam at an event where hundreds took a pledge to convert to Buddhism while denouncing Hindu deities went viral

‘Embracing Buddhism is not conversion,’ says VHP, calls AAP’s Rajendra Pal Gautam ‘anti-Dalit jihad supporter’

While the Bharatiya Janata Party took strong exception to the event and called Gautam, AAP and Arvind Kejriwal ‘anti-Hindu’, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad said it did not have a problem with event and people having embraced Buddhism

Delhi: AAP leader insults Hindu Gods, BJP demands apology

On the day of Vijayadashami on Wednesday, a program was held in the presence of AAP leader Rajendra Pal Gautam at Ambedkar Bhawan located on Rani Jhansi Road in Karolbagh. In this, people not only took initiation into Buddhism, but also took an oath that they would not worship Hindu gods and goddess

‘Embracing Buddhism is not conversion,’ says VHP, calls AAP’s Surendra Gautam ‘anti-Dalit jihad supporter’

While the Bharatiya Janata Party took strong exception to the event and called Surendra Gautam, AAP and Arvind Kejriwal ‘anti-Hindu’, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad said it did not have a problem with event and people having embraced Buddhism