With the Thai government presenting our prime minister with the Tipitaka, I thought it would be nice to revisit Buddhism this ...

Ashoka’s name echoes through history—first as a fierce king who conquered Kalinga, then as the guy who swapped swords for ...

Upendra Kushwaha, leader of Rashtriya Lok Morcha, urges the amendment of the Bodh Gaya Temple Act, 1949 to place Mahabodhi ...

Knowledge is a key happiness indicator in Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness (GNH) index, particularly in relation to education. Some argue that the pursuit of knowledge itself is more valuable, as it ...

Sitting by the Mekong River, the Buddha Park ignites a sense of wonderment while also encouraging contemplation ...

Bhutan is officially a Buddhist kingdom. It's also a fledgling democracy trying to establish a balancing act to honor its ...

I am Maggie, and I am envious. Envy is not only the least glamorous of the sins, but it might be the most pervasive. The good ...

There’s the big, flaming, capital-I Ikigai —the purpose-driven life, the legacy project, the stuff of memoirs and ...

Ranveer Allahbadia aka BeerBiceps returns with a brand new podcast after the controversy his ‘sex with parents’ remark caused ...

Following in Nalanda’s footsteps, a central university is also being established at Vikramshila. What is the historical ...

On March 25, the renowned Sri Lankan social anthropologist Prof. Gananath Obeyesekere of Princeton University, passed away ...

One of Japan’s most colourful festivals, the Sanja Matsuri is a rowdy mix of religious ritual and wild street party ...