When the great King Anawrahta of Pagan united the whole of Burma into a single kingdom in the eleventh century and made Theravada Buddhism the national religion, there were already in existence a ...

Theravada Buddhist rituals in Southeast Asia include all-night chanting sessions to recharge statues’ power. As scholar of ...

But as Theravada Buddhism gradually eclipsed Hinduism in the 13th and 14th centuries, its tenet of social equality may have threatened Angkor's elite. "It was very subversive, just like ...

A sense of humor, even mischief, runs through Bhutanese Buddhism, whose earthy exuberance differs sharply from the ethereal calm of the better known Theravada Buddhism. The profusion of deities ...

Sikruadong Phra Phalek, a monk from Thailand, began his study journey in Vietnam by enrolling in Vietnamese language courses ...

In order to protect Buddhism, the Constitution requires that the state only direct its assistance to the Theravada school of Buddhism and that the government guard Buddhism against all forms of ...

At the function where he declared the designation of Pali as an Indian classical language, Modi said that to understand the ...

Current figures indicate that 93 percent of the adult population is literate. Theravada Buddhism is the official religion of Thailand and is the religion of more than 90 percent of its people.

Nepali monks offered prayers in the Theravada style, followed by peace chants from Vietnamese, Chinese, Thai, Korean, and ...

The bustling city of Marshalltown has made a concerted effort to host murals that brighten up the community. Follow along for ...

The only guide to Bangkok you'll ever need, according to a local. Bangkok, Thailand's kaleidoscopic capital, is everything, ...

Blue Billboard, the largest DooH advertising provider in the South East of England, is first customer to implement new Sony ...