Smithsonian Magazine on MSN2d
The Art Institute of Chicago Is Returning a 12th-Century Buddha Sculpture to Nepal
Museum officials say they are voluntarily repatriating the object after learning that it had been stolen from Guita Bahi in ...
What the world’s happiest man says about wisdom and well-being
At 26, Matthieu Ricard left a promising scientific career in France to become a Buddhist monk in the Himalayas.
The Kathmandu Post6d
Ilam Literature Festival from today
The fourth edition of the Ilam Literature Festival is scheduled to take place in Ilam Bazaar today and tomorrow. According to ...
Asian News International on MSN1h
Indian Himalayan Council of Nalanda Buddhist Tradition to host inaugural general assembly
The Indian Himalayan Council of Nalanda Buddhist Tradition (IHCNBT) will convene its first General Assembly at the India International Centre (IIC) in the national capital on March 21 and 22. The ...
Archaeology2d
Buddha Statue Reunited with Head Found in 1927
Torso of Buddha statue unearthed at Ta Prohm Temple, Cambodia. TA PROHM, CAMBODIA—Archaeologists discovered the torso of a ...
AP Photos: “Shinbyu,” a rite of passage for young Buddhists in Myanmar
Brightly dressed boys and girls mounted on horses and carts, accompanied by their guardians, make their way to a Buddhist ...
Emirates News Agency on MSN1h
UAE President receives Ministry of Foreign Affairs delegation
President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan today welcomed a delegation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at Qasr Al Bateen in Abu ...
The Print on MSN4d
A water carrier for the gods—the Kamandalu in Hindu, Buddhist and Jain traditions
Often called a kundi or kundika, particularly in Buddhist literature, some of the earliest known examples of the kamandalu ...
Artnet News5d
Cambodian Archaeologists Reunite a Sculpture Head and Torso After 100 Years
Archaeologists at Ta Prohm temple in Cambodia have discovered a 800-year-old Buddha torso that matches a statue head found in ...