From snake-themed events to whether your luck is in: discover all you need to know about the coming Lunar New Year in our Year of the Snake 2025 series. The Lunar New Year holiday is associated with indulgence. During the festival, dinner tables heave with whole fish, platters of sticky glutinous rice cake, or nin … Read more
The Chinese literary classic Journey to the West, written by Ming dynasty author Wu Cheng’en, may be known for its battle scenes and action, but it is religious in nature. One of the ideas behind the novel, which tells of a journey to the “Eastern Heaven” of India to find some Buddhist sutras, is to … Read more
Mongolia conjures up images of Genghis Khan, nomadic lifestyles and some of the world’s best polo players, but what is less well known is that the Mongols are one of only a handful of communities in the world that have evolved to be almost entirely carnivorous. In Asia, they are the only one. To find … Read more
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi underlined the contribution of Pali, spoken during the times of Lord Buddha and declared a classical language a few days back, to India’s culture and enumerated various steps taken by his government for giving due respect to Buddhism which preached peace to the world. Significantly, his remarks come amid … Read more
The old man flashes a mischievous, gap-toothed smile, his face furrowed by time like the mountain landscape around him, radiating contentment as he waves a prayer wheel in his hand. He has been walking since the early morning, up and down hills, past rushing torrents, sandy plains and rocky, snow-covered crests, to which Ladakh, India’s … Read more
Senior Buddhist figures in China have emphasised the importance of government approval in the recognition of reincarnated Tibetan religious leaders, at a meeting this week less than a year before the Dalai Lama is expected to announce his succession plan. More than 50 Tibetan Buddhist monks and religious experts attended a seminar in Lanzhou, Gansu … Read more
His time in the spotlight was brief, but it was enough to alter the course of his life. In late 2021, he left manual labour and soon took up a new role as editor of an academic journal at a vocational college in Shijiazhuang, capital of the northern province of Hebei. His translation of American … Read more
The speech was published on Friday at China Minzu News, an official outlet focused on Beijing’s ethnic policies. Pan, who is ethnically Han, said he had observed a “disconcerting trend” in recent years where ethnic minority artworks were swayed by “Western multicultural theories”. He said: “This is evident in narrative models that isolate individual social … Read more
The birthday of the historical Buddha or Shakyamuni Buddha, known as Vesak in several countries, celebrates the birth of the child who became Prince Siddhartha around the end of the 4th century B.C. This is a holy occasion for all Buddhists, but is celebrated on different dates depending on the school of Buddhism or country … Read more
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, who is a follower of Buddhism, lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi this week for his alleged indifference towards the religion. In an interview with News 24, he questioned the PM’s faith in Buddhism. “Buddha is considered as the 9th avatar of Vishnu. He (PM Modi) does not let Buddha … Read more
