The Indian High Commission in Sri Lankaorganized a special 'Dhamma Rupa' exhibition showcasing ancient Buddhist sculptures and Sinhala translations of Jataka Tales. The event, part of the Buddha ...

Devotees perform meditation, and chant mantras. Many places also host readings from texts of Buddhism like the Dhammapada and Jataka Tales. The recitation generates virtues of compassion, discipline, ...

The IBC will also host three exhibitions showcasing the spread of Buddha Dhamma, including digital restorations of Ajanta Cave murals, Jataka tales, and a comparative study of Indian and Vietnamese ...

Papa’s Marathon, While You Are Sleeping Jataka tales and the festive Lucky series. Nalini’s first anthology is a deeply personal collection of poems and short stories, crafted over nearly a decade.

Brahmins who ate fish referred to it as “water-plants” (jala-taru). In Buddhist Jataka, Buddha once turned himself into a red fish and offered his flesh to people to save them from starvation and cure ...

Two noted Chandala scholars were Manipushpa and Bhaasvara. Through the story of Vishwamitra and Trishanku, the Matanga Jataka reveals the alliance between the Kshatriya and Chandala kings against ...

They are featured in important Jataka tales, some of which you may recall from my earlier piece, Elephant Jatakas with a Timeless Message (Sept 11, 2023). Golden fish, shown in pairs, are also ...

Saturn moving through your first house of self-identity creates a profound period of personal transformation and redefinition.According to classical Vedic texts like Brihat Jataka, Saturn in the ...

For example, the Buddhist Jataka stories of the sixth century BCE contain many references to snake charmers and sword swallowers. Hindu and Muslim nobles often employed illusionists, mountebanks ...