Piyananda, or Bhante ("spiritual friend"), as he is often called, is a Theravadan Buddhist monk from Sri Lanka who came to Los Angeles almost 25 years ago and established a Buddhist center there. In ...

Though it may sound fictional, Sonia Faleiro has recorded exactly this extremism in the context of modern Asia. Published by ...

Part I Signs from the Unseen Realm and Buddhist Miracle Tales in Early Medieval China 1 -- Introduction 1 -- Wang Yan and the Making of Mingxiang ji 7 -- Miracle Tales and the Communities That ...

The UCSC Theater Arts Department will present Before Becoming Buddha: Jataka Tales of the Previous Lives–a collection of Buddhist stories from Southeast Asia told through music, dance, masks, dialogue ...

The Buddhist tale Twelve Sisters forms the basis of this speculative folk tale that scrutinises our existence on this planet, depicting a generation adrift between mythical and earthly realms. Parinda ...

Revised version of the author's dissertation (University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2007). This book demonstrates the historical changes in early medieval China as seen in the tales of the supernatural - ...

An early silhouette animated film by Hidehiko Okuda, Hakusan Kimura and Tomu Uchida. The original story is a Buddhist tale of a young lady who saved a crab (a spiritual being according to Japanese ...

Panadura [Sri Lanka], January 4 (ANI): Continuing the strengthening of ties between New Delhi and Colombo, India recently conducted an exhibition on the theme 'Buddham Sharanam Gachami' in Panadura.