In Homer’s epic, Odysseus’s men eat something so powerful that they forget about home. Which plants could have produced such ...

In six days from now, Sri Lanka will go to the polls for the parliamentary elections which were delayed due to coronavirus.

Buddhist Top Instructors Stories Reveal Core Teachings Won Youngs book series uses personal struggles to explain sutras, offering readers comfort and clarity ...

Just a two hour drive from Ho Chi Minh City, Ba Den Mountain has long been a favourite destination for weekend getaways. What keeps visitors returning is not only its convenient location, but also the ...

As Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi holds talks with Narendra Modi in Delhi for the 16th India-Japan Annual Summit, the relationship being discussed in policy terms — trade, technology, defence ...

Chen Shiqiang, senior editor at Fudan University Press, has worked for 43 years compiling the 13 volumes of the books. [Photo provided to China Daily] Chen Shiqiang, a 76-year-old senior editor at ...

This time, the end of the month will be special as part of the Polarization Series, based on the Sutra of Meditation on the Bodhisattva Universal Virtue, one of the three Lotus Sutras. Now, here is ...

A Tokyo bar run by Buddhist monks has become an online sensation for its unusual blend of cocktails, chanting and death-themed rituals. At the Vowz Bar in the city’s Shinjuku district, patrons can sip ...

Robot monks lead the Lotus Lantern Festival in South Korea, ahead of Buddha's birthday on 24 May. Thousands of lanterns illuminated central Seoul's Jongno District on Saturday (16 May) as a huge crowd ...

On May 11, 868 C.E., something remarkable happened in China that would revolutionise how historians understood the history of printing. The Buddhist scripture called the Diamond Sutra was printed and ...