On Mahavir Jayanti, Prime Minister Modi inaugurated a museum dedicated to Jain history and the life of Samrat Samprati, the ...

Ashoka was the first ruler in history who abandoned war after experiencing its horrible consequences. He converted to Buddhism because it teaches peace and non-violence. Afterwards he followed the ...

Beloved-of-the-Gods, King Piyadasi, honors both ascetics and the householders of all religions, and he honors them with gifts and honors of various kinds. But Beloved-of-the-Gods, King Piyadasi, does ...

MY invitation came from Oo-Dhamma-Nanda. That was his name “in religion.” Earlier he had been indicated by another, which implied, to those who knew it, an Irish diver employed in the pearl fisheries ...

Colombo, December 15: For almost 12 Centuries, Indian chroniclers had blacked out Buddhist Emperor Asoka the Great, though he had ruled much of India from 270 BC to 232 BC. It wasn't until 1813, that ...