Tweet By Dorje Lama (CHAKRA) Albert Einstein famously dubbed Buddhism ‘the religion of the future’ and several studies show Buddhism to be the fastest growing religion among Westerners all over the world. In addition, the PEW Forum has found that a 65% majority of Americans subscribe to Dharmic practices like yoga, meditation, karma and the number [...]

Tweet Bangkok, Thailand (CHAKRA)—In the southern region of the Narathiwat province, three consecutive bomb explosions killed four Malaysians as well as a Thai volunteer that was working in a tourist area. Concern has risen for the area, especially because officials believe that the targets of such blasts are foreign tourists. The specific targets of the [...]

Tweet By Linda Brock Patna, India (CHAKRA)— A project titled “Revival of the Ancient Buddhist Pilgrimage in Bihar” has been an ongoing introduction that the Nava Nalanda Mahavihara University in collaboration with the Department of Youth, art and Culture has been participating in. The project has two main objectives that the participants are determined to [...]

Tweet By Tan Ong (CHAKRA) At a conference on the preservation of cultural relics in the province of Quang Nam, it was announced that the Dong Duong Buddhist College would be renovated to be able to continue to share its beauty with visitors from all around the world. The Buddhist College, which is located in [...]

Tweet By Sandeep Sharma No less a person than Mahatma Gandhi once estimated that nearly a quarter of Hindus had converted to Islam over the past on thousand years. How true is this statement ? Hinduism has been associated with the Indian subcontinent since time immemorial. The teachings of the sages of the Vedas emanate [...]

Tweet (CHAKRA) In Thailand’s restive south, eight Buddhists have been killed by Muslim militants, according to police reports. Police Lieutenant General, Kong-att Suwannakham says insurgents detonated a homemade bomb in a football field in the province of Pattani which resulted in four policemen being killed and another dozen being wounded. They had all just met [...]

Tweet By Tan Ong New Delhi, India (CHAKRA)– Hundreds of Buddhist monks gathered to protest against the lock down of the Kirti Monastery in Tibet by the Chinese government. The protest too place in Delhi where hundreds of Buddhist monks along with Tibetan activists took part in a peace rally. The message of universal brotherhood, [...]

Tweet By Tan Ong The Japan earthquake and tsunami disaster in 2011 Japan (CHAKRA) — After a four year interval, the Asian Buddhist Film Festival (ABFF) returns and this time around a portion of its proceeds are set to go to Japan earthquake and tsunami victims. Ambassador K. Kesavapany, director of the Institute of Southeast [...]

Tweet By Karishma Patel The CM of Gujarat Narendra Modi with the Tibetan leader Dalai Lama Ahmedabad, Gujarat (CHAKRA) – The BJP government of Gujarat has prioritized its efforts to preserve sites that are going to be apart of the Buddhist tourism circuit in the Central Gujarat region. The tourists sites are going to include the [...]

Tweet (CHAKRA) In March, India will hold an international Buddhism conference in Kandy to celebrate the 2600th year of Lord Buddha’s enlightenment.  A meeting was held between a visiting Lok Sabha Speaker, Meira Kumar and President Mahinda Rajapaksa to discuss the upcoming conference as well as the commissioning of the 16-feet high Buddha statue of [...]