Ven Ajahn Siripanyo, the only son of Malaysian billionaire Ananda Krishnan, chose to forgo an inheritance from his father’s net worth of US$5.1 billion in order to become a monk.

The following article of our “Wikipedia Religious Un-Reliable Sources” series focuses on Buddhism as an example of how ...

Scottish author William Dalrymple argues in his new book that Indian thinkers like Aryabhata and Brahmagupta should be as ...

Key Value: Loyalty, duty, and adherence to moral values even amidst adversity. In some traditions, Vishnu's ninth incarnation ...

Researchers on Wednesday released findings from a two-month experiment in a Catholic chapel in Switzerland, where an avatar ...

It opened as a cultural center and also serves as a school to teach the Thai language, meditation and Buddhism. But it is ...

The young Buddhist lama sat on a throne near an altar decorated with flowers, fruits and golden statues of the Buddha, watching the celebrations of his 18th birthday in silence, with a ...

In the Theravada form of Buddhism followed in Southeast Asia, Gautama’s enlightenment is commemorated along with his birth ...

Malaysia's business tycoon, Ananda Krishnan, whose only son made headlines recently by renouncing his claim to a $5 billion ...

Human rights activists accused Vietnam of infringing freedom of religion after a court handed jail sentences this week to ...

When Arjuna gets upset about learning Krishna believes Karna is the noblest giver, Krishna, the supreme teacher, devises a ...

The Thai gunman who murdered three people in the Isaan province of Nong Bua Lamphu surrendered to the police due to ...