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Narendra Modi takes softpower to Nepal: Temple run and MoUs on agenda for Lumbini visit
This will be Prime Minister Narendra Modi's first visit to Lumbini, the birthplace of Gautam Buddha, and his fifth to Nepal since coming to power in 2014. Besides the religious significance of the trip on Buddha Purnima, developmental issues in sectors related to culture, education and hydropower will also be discussed
Buddha Purnima 2022: Here are some wishes you can share on the auspicious day
It is believed that on this day Buddha achieved enlightenment and hence considered to be auspicious and celebrated by Buddhists across the globe
Can't resort to violence to banish Chinese out of Tibet, says Dalai Lama
The Dalai Lama reiterated his position on the issue while addressing participants of the 25th Shoton festival, a cultural event held in Dharamshala
Dharma Files | Why Constitution makers should have included ‘historical justice’ in Preamble
By leaving out historical justice, as a form of justice which needs to be redressed, the historical experience of these traditions, especially Hinduism, is being ignored
Communist China’s ‘Final Solution’: No country for minorities in the Middle Kingdom
Beijing’s policy is ‘fusing’ the minorities within the larger Chinese identity through state-incentivised intermarriage and massive settlement of unemployed migrant Chinese workers on minority lands
How Whoopi Goldberg and Munawar Faruqui remind that fight against Hinduphobia, anti-semitism and racism aren’t over
Emergence of new ‘religiophobia’, especially against Hindus, Buddhists and Sikhs, is a matter of serious concern and needs to be recognised, just like Christianophobia, Islamophobia and anti-semitism
Vietnam bids final goodbye to renowned Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh
Thousands of monks and disciples trailed a procession of pallbearers carrying Nhat Hanh's coffin from Tu Hieu Pagoda, where he spent his last days, to the cremation site.
The cloud, the wind and the rain never die: Remembering Thich Nhat Hanh
Thich Nhat Hanh, the man Martin Luther King, Jr. called ‘an apostle of peace and non-violence’, passed away peacefully in Vietnam last week at the age of 95
Book review: Thich Nhat Hanh's Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet feels less like a sermon, more like a piece of his heart
The book presents glimpses of how painful it was for Thich Nhat Hanh to be away from Vietnam. In doing so, it humanises a spiritual figure who might otherwise seem far removed from the concerns of ordinary folks caught up in the drama of life and its unceasing ups and downs.
Dharma Files | How India and Bharat are not just two names for the nation, they represent two competing visions
It is not, it seems, so much a case of ‘India that is Bharat’ any more. It is rather becoming a case of India or Bharat
Buddhist monk-turned-peace-activist Thich Nhat Hanh, who brought mindfulness to West, dies in Vietnam
The Zen master, whose reach within Buddhism is seen as second only to the Dalai Lama, spent nearly four decades in exile after being banished from his homeland for calling for an end to the Vietnam-American War
How Swami Vivekananda, a modern monk with deep Vedantic roots, transformed India
Swami Vivekananda was as much the product of his time as he was ahead of it
‘Indians being non-violent, pacifist people is a myth; has a lot to do with centrality to ahimsa in Gandhi’s ideology’
Mahatma Gandhi played a major role in convincing the world at large that there is something inherently non-violent about India and Indians, says historian Upinder Singh
Buddha Purnima 2021: Festival marks birth anniversary of founder of Buddhism
The celebration of Buddha Purnima is all about adopting the teachings of Buddhism – non-violence, peace, and harmony
In an illustrated biography, Tenzin Geyche Tethong looks at Dalai Lama's perilous journey from Tibet to India
The 352-page-book titled His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama: An Illustrated Biography has been in the making for nearly five years and is written by Tenzin Geyche Tethong, one of the Dalai Lama's closest aid and trusted advisor of over 40 years. It includes nearly 400 photographs and documents, many of which have never been seen before or published.
TM Krishna's The Edict Project is a stunning endeavour that doesn't fully transcend its technical challenges
In the stunning Edict Project, TM Krishna has sung the lines that Ashoka engraved in rock and pillar millennia ago.
Watch: TM Krishna's new project sets Ashoka's edicts to Carnatic music ragas
The edicts are sung in the original Magadhi Prakrit by TM Krishna, in ragas drawn from the Carnatic music tradition.
From Radical Dharma to All About Love, a look at queer Black Buddhist perspectives on spiritual practice in contemporary texts
Several queer Black Buddhist authors have showed me how spiritual practice can be a liberating force in the face of challenges as huge as racism, sexism and queerphobia.
As COVID-19 intensifies man-animal conflict, Thailand's Lopburi is a city under siege — by monkeys
In Lopburi, tourists and pilgrims have long enjoyed feeding monkeys. Now, as COVID-19 reduces visitors, they're getting hungry, and aggressive.
Coronavirus Outbreak: Lessons from the philosopher Epictetus, to cope with lockdown-induced helplessness
Greek Stoic philosopher Epictetus seems to have known that when things are bad – such as the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown we're living through – we are forced to prioritise. We focus on what we can do, rather than on what we can’t.