Between the years 629 and 645 AD the famous Chinese monk Xuanzang traveled through Central Asia and India to visit Buddhist ...

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Tsangyang Gyatso, the Sixth Dalai Lama (1683-1706), was born at the end of the 17th century, in Monyul, the land of Monpas (known as Tawang now), located south of the McMahon Line. Tsangyang Gyatso ...

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A few decades ago, there emerged a rift between the two ideologically opposed groups around an essay, Three Hundred Ramayanas, written by A K Ramanujan. The right-wing groups accused the left-wing ...

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A simple look at Thailand’s lucky colours of the weekday and how each one reflects cultural beliefs and daily meaning.

Buddhism, founded in the late 6th century B.C.E. by Siddhartha Gautama (the "Buddha"), is an important religion in most of the countries of Asia. Buddhism has assumed many different forms, but in each ...