This festival celebrates the Buddhist community joining together to present the monks in their monastery with new robes. Buddhist monks dedicate their lives to their religion and only have eight ...

When Anawrahta made Theravada Buddhism the national religion of the country ... spring and midwinter in Europe became the great Christian festivals of Easter and Christmas. With the passing ...

My name is Hivin and I'm a Buddhist. I follow the teachings of ... ancient language of India called Sanskrit and during the festival of Wesak they only celebrate the birth of the Buddha.

Across 36 countries surveyed, a fifth or more of all adults have left the religious group in which they were raised. Christianity and Buddhism have experienced especially large losses from this ...