Buddhists chant alone or together. If together, they chant in unison. Chanting is not like hymns sung to worship God (for example, in the Christian faith). It helps Buddhists to enter into a calm ...

In Britain it is more common to find Buddhist places of worship using buildings originally intended for other purposes, such as school. However, there are a few which are purpose built and some in ...

As for Nat worship, the people, in spite of the king's edicts, went on worshiping the Nats, and Anawrahta finally decided to bring them over into Buddhism. The figures of the thirty-six lords were ...

In his short period of 20 years as a member of the Buddhist clergy, Ven. Panadure Ariyadhamma Thera brought about a virtual revolution in Buddhist worship by developing a unique Buddhist liturgy which ...

They are not mere places of Buddhist worship but marvels of construction. A set of three stamps released in April 2008, featured salient features of a dagoba. Also known as a stupa or 'chaitya', the ...

Nestled in the serene village of Chandavaram in Andhra Pradesh’s Prakasam district stands South India’s largest Buddhist ...

Taihong Ouyang is charged with burglary and criminal mischief, both as hate crimes, and aggravated harassment after a string of break ins.

Minister of Religious Affairs, Nasaruddin Umar, has urged the Buddhist community to focus on the sacredness aspect during the ...

A local resistance group fighting against the military government in Myanmar has acknowledged responsibility for the killing last week of a Buddhist monk and his disciple in the country’s eastern regi ...