Piyananda, a Sri Lankan Buddhist monk who came to America decades ago, tells simple stories about people with problems he has counseled in the course of his tenure at a Theravada Buddhist temple in ...

Piyananda, or Bhante ("spiritual friend"), as he is often called, is a Theravadan Buddhist monk from Sri Lanka who came to Los Angeles almost 25 years ago and established a Buddhist center there. In ...

Buddhism is generally associated with peace, calm, and most importantly, self-reflection.

Part I Signs from the Unseen Realm and Buddhist Miracle Tales in Early Medieval China 1 -- Introduction 1 -- Wang Yan and the Making of Mingxiang ji 7 -- Miracle Tales and the Communities That ...

The UCSC Theater Arts Department will present Before Becoming Buddha: Jataka Tales of the Previous Lives–a collection of Buddhist stories from Southeast Asia told through music, dance, masks, dialogue ...

Buddhist legends: Beginnings -- Sumedha meets Dipankara Buddha -- The birth of the Buddha -- Leaving home -- Enlightenment -- Angulimala the robber -- Nalagiri the elephant -- Kisa Gotami -- ...

Panadura [Sri Lanka], January 4 (ANI): Continuing the strengthening of ties between New Delhi and Colombo, India recently conducted an exhibition on the theme 'Buddham Sharanam Gachami' in Panadura.