Political Abuse of Buddhism no Different from that of Hinduism, Islam or Christianity’—Jairam Ramesh Senior Congress party leader, former Union minister and the author of several books, Jairam Ramesh, has […]
By Anand Chandrasekhar THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON FEBRUARY 14, 2019 The Buddha statue being hoisted into place at the Rietberg museum. (Museum Rietberg/Rainer Wolfsberger) The loan […]
The Telegraph: by Bettany Hughes — Socrates, Confucius and the Buddha were not exactly model family men. The Buddha left his wife and newborn son to hit the road in search of his own enlightenment; Socrates allegedly had two wives, one of whom, Xanthippe, famously despised both her philosopher-husband and […]
Huff Post: by Vishal Arora. RNS) Quick: Where was the Buddha born? To hear many Indians talk, you’d think it was India, where he attained enlightenment and gave his first sermon. But the people of Nepal know better — and they are eager to correct misconceptions about the Awakened One, […]
by Mike Ghouse HUFFPOST RELIGION One of the many roles of a president is to shape and nurture the direction of the nation, and President Obama has been a good shepherd. Indeed, he is committed to building an America, where each one of us becomes a nurturer to the other, […]
Wahhabis have a history of vandalising and destroying Islamic heritage. In Saudi Arabia they destroyed and damaged houses and mosques associated with the Prophet Mohammad and his family. The history goes back to 18th and 19th century and their raids on Shi’a holy cities of Karbala and Najaf, killing and […]