Around 30,000 Greek bhikkhus had arrived in Anuradhapura from the monasteries of Alasanda (the city of the Yonas, Alexandria in present Afghanistan) according to Geiger’s Mahavamsa (chapter XX1X (39)) ...

Tripura’s Raima Valley Bhikkhu Sangh and other Buddhist groups staged a protest rally in the Agartala city on Saturday in ...

Several Bhikkhus from Sri Lanka went to China, the most important being Amogavajra who taking 500 Tantric texts from Abhayagiri became an adviser to the Chinese Emperor and established sects in Korea ...

Buddhists have special days they honour. Pandicca explained that the dates on which they are celebrated varies, depending on ...

By Dr Upul Wijayawardhana ‘Time is a great healer, you will see’ were the words of wisdom of the Greek dramatist Sophocles ...

By Chandre Dharmawardana [email protected] Most observers believe that the up-coming presidential polls will be a close ...