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Spiritual ecstasy in Kandy and a death in Rome
Sri Lankans have been in spiritual mode since April 18, the first day of the special exposition of the tooth relic of Gautama ...
Gopalkrishna Gandhi, a man of many parts, turns 80
Gopalkrishna Gandhi: former diplomat, author, composer, and grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, honored in Bangalore at 80.
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On Bodhi Day, Buddhists commemorate Siddhartha Gautama’s enlightenment by lighting lamps to combat darkness
Bodhi means enlightenment or awakening in Sanskrit. It commemorates the enlightenment of Siddhartha Gautama, who became the Buddha. Buddhists throughout the world celebrate Bodhi Day, but they do ...
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No wait too long to see the Sacred Tooth Relic
After 16 years, a public exposition of the Sacred Tooth Relic of Siddhartha Gautama Buddha – one of the most venerated ...
‘Our heart is a hill / Underneath it, a Buddha sleeps’: A writer muses on Buddha and his teachings
An excerpt from ‘The Master of Unfinished Things,’ by Geet Chaturvedi, translated from the Hindi by Anita Gopalan.
A tale of courage and faith from the Jatakas
Did you know that the literal meaning of Jataka is ‘birth stories’? A fact we know well is that the Jatakas are a body of ...