Several Bhikkhus from Sri Lanka went to China, the most important being Amogavajra who taking ... Sinhala Bhikkhus taught Pali, the language of the Tripitaka as well as Theravada Buddhist culture and ...

An Austrian tourist on a visit to the Aukana sacred city has taken a keen interest in ‘Clean Sri Lanka Programme’ initiated ...

Local communities have reported that their private lands are being taken over by Buddhist clergy with little to no action taken by the authorities to address these concerns. While Sri Lanka’s ...

Bagan is a wonderful city which every Sri Lankan should visit. Its Buddhist monuments are great feats of construction ... culture and civilization is attested to in the Myanamar historical chronicles, ...

The museum showcases over 3000 antique objects of Gandhara sculptures and the excavated Buddha's life story in ... senior Monk Dr Walpole Piyananda Thero expressed his great pleasure over visiting ...

Sri Lanka rarely convicts Buddhist monks, but this marks the second time that Gnanasara, who has repeatedly been accused of hate crimes and anti-Muslim violence, has been jailed. The sentence ...

A Buddhist monk nearby agrees: "People are putting aside religious and racial differences to join this struggle. Sri Lanka has become one united nation." Both men are from the Sinhala Buddhist ...