More than 250 sacred books, scrolls and scriptures, including selections from over 100 newly digitized texts, are currently on view on the British Library’s new website. “Discovering Sacred Texts” ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Buddhist sacred texts (sutras) record ...

How did a fruit farmer’s son in New York’s Hudson Valley come to be a graduate student in University of Colorado Boulder’s Religious Studies Department, studying Tibetan Buddhist texts? As an ...

"However, due to the Hindu background of Ramayana and the predominance of Buddhism in China, the text was neither fully translated nor widely circulated within Han culture,” he said. The first Chinese ...

Religious traditions across cultures have often treated menstruation and childbirth as sources of ritual impurity. In Chinese ...

Delve into the profound ways Buddhist art, literature, and archaeology illuminate the religion’s rich history, philosophical depth, and spiritual practices. Explore timeless sculptures, vibrant ...

Explore the origins, translations, and interpretations of sacred or revered texts. Explore the origins, translations and interpretations of sacred texts and shed light on the mystical experience these ...

A single object—a beautiful gilt wood sculpture of Gwaneum, the bodhisattva of compassion and the most popular deity in Korean Buddhism—is the focus of this loan exhibition from the National Museum of ...

BEIJING: China has had footprints of the stories of Ramayana cloaked in Buddhist scriptures for centuries, scholars here have said, bringing to the fore perhaps for the first time, the influence of ...

Dhammic Diplomacy for a Sustainable World – a lecture by Don de Silva will be delivered on March 15 at the Maitriya Hall, Mettarama, Lauries Road Colombo 4. Organised by Servants of the Buddha, the ...

Vice-Chancellor of Gulbarga University Dayanand Agsar has said that one must study Pali scripts to understand and learn more about Buddhism and its influence in ancient India. “Pali is not just a ...