Buddhist anarchists believe that complying with the unjust rules of society makes it almost impossible to follow the Buddha’s Dhamma. Just to survive in this world we have to exploit, to cheat, to ...

A Buddhist monk sits in front of a classroom of children in a small town in rural Myanmar. He chants lines which the students dutifully repeat, as they do every week at these Buddhist ‘Sunday school’ ...

Yangon [Myanmar], March 25 (ANI): In a significant step towards fostering stronger Buddhist connections between India and Myanmar, a high-level delegation from the International Buddhist Confederation ...

Myanmar’s military regime unveiled a large Maravijaya Buddha statue in a massive religious ceremony, which critics describe as an attempt to distract from the junta’s brutal leadership. The military ...

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): The India’s relationship with Myanmar and South Korea can be taken ahead by working out jointly in myriad fields, feel delegates of Myanmar and South Korea who have come to ...

A renowned Buddhist monk’s condemnation of fellow monk Ashin Wirathu, Myanmar’s most prominent Buddhist nationalist, has given hope to activists trying to promote tolerance in a divided society and ...

Yangon military region commander donated thousands of dollars to a foundation banned by religious authorities. The Buddha Dhamma Prahita Foundation supports Wirathu, a monk known as the Buddhist bin ...

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Myanmar's ultra-nationalist Ma Ba Tha movement announced yesterday it was rebranding under a new name, days after Buddhist authorities banned the network which has been accused of stoking Islamophobia ...

Pumped out over speakers, Buddhist chants play for packs of stray dogs at a Yangon shelter in an unusual effort to calm them down as Myanmar struggles to control a ballooning canine population and a ...