According to the Mahavamsa, Asoka sent Arhat Mahinda to Sri Lanka, and other missionaries to several other regions ... of 12th century Cambodia of Angkor Wat fame was turning towards Sinhalese ...

Sri Lanka, having preserved Buddhism in its purest form since its introduction in 236 BC, was undisputedly the key player in the 2600th Sambuddhathva Jayanthi celebrations. But what caused Buddhism to ...

I am writing this brief essay in connection with the felicitation ceremony for Emeritus Professor Asanga Tilakaratne, one of the foremost Buddhist scholars in contemporary Sri Lanka. The ceremony will ...

Your browser does not support HTML5 video. The delegation of Sri Lankan Buddhist Monks arrived at rock carved Buddha at Jehanabad in the Swat Valley today (Saturday ...

A total of 105 Buddhist monks, including 88 from America, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam, participated in ...

Archeology expert Dr Sivanagi Reddy says 105 monks, including 88 from US, Sri Lanka and southeast Asian countries who visited ...

Fifty-year-old Josef Autser is an engineer by profession and a Catholic by birth, but later showed a great devotion towards Buddhism ... and parcel to the Clean Sri Lanka Programme and shown ...

Their five-day spiritual visit included Dharma talks. The members of the Buddhist Sangha representing eminent monasteries in Sri Lanka also attended the three-day holy teachings of His Holiness ...

This part of Asia is where the original soul of Buddhism ... capital of Sri Lanka. Rich with culture and history, it is home to ancient temple ruins, some of the largest stupas of the world ...