Medieval Bengal’s links to the Straits world, a narrow stretch of water connecting to Southeast Asia and beyond, are ...

The Sri Lankan Embassy on Saturday held an event to commemorate Vesak — the three sacred milestones in the life of the Buddha : his birth, enlightenment and death — at the Rama IX Golden Jubilee ...

Union Ministers Kiren Rijiju and Gajendra Singh Shekawat on Monday paid their obeisance to the holy relics of Lord Buddha at the National Museum during the celebrations of Vaishakha Buddha Purnima.

However, the monastic leaders in Southeast Asia, where Theravada Buddhism is practiced, decided that Mahayana nuns could not ordain Theravada nuns, leaving countries such as Thailand, Laos, Cambodia ...

This essay provides additional information on Sri Lanka’s role in establishing Theravada Buddhism in South East Asia. It is a supplementary essay to the earlier essays on subject. Historians agree ...