In addition, there were also Mahayana Buddhism and Tantric (or magical) Buddhism, but debased and distorted, and bearing strange fruit from the fertile soil of native cults of magic and sorcery.

Tawang Monastery in Arunachal Pradesh is India’s largest Buddhist monastery. Founded in the 17th century, it is an important ...

Demons form an essential part of the type of Buddhism practiced in Tibet. Derived from the native Tibetan religion, these ...

The ancient Buddhist site at Sannati, Karnataka, has immense potential as a global heritage tourism destination, emphasised ...

The greatest Kushan ruler, King Kanishka, closely affiliated himself to Buddhism, choosing the Mahayana tradition, and thereby influencing the direction of Buddhism in China and Tibet. His ...

Some of these previous lives are recorded in the Buddhist scripture, the Jakata. Mahayana Buddhism close Mahayana BuddhismOne of the major schools of Buddhism, it includes Tibetan and Zen Buddhism.

Vajrayana, Mahayana, and Theravada are the most practiced forms of Buddhism today but there were a lot of changes within the Mahayaha practice when the expansion of Buddhism crossed the Silk Road.

Mahayana close Mahayana BuddhismOne of the major schools of Buddhism, it includes Tibetan and Zen Buddhism. Buddhists celebrate the birth, enlightenment and death of the Buddha on three different ...

This began our Buddhist revival. The Hindu/Mahayana kingdom of 12th century Cambodia of Angkor Wat fame was turning towards Sinhalese Buddhism during the same period as witnessed by a Polonnaruwa ...