#Buddhist

Three of the four major sites, regarded as sacred destinations of the Buddhist world, are in India. Of these, Bodh Gaya is considered as the navel of the Buddhist universe. How has India leveraged its Buddhist heritage to amplify diplomacy?…

What happened when people in Bhutan, the last country on Earth without television, were allowed to watch it in 1999?

A four-foot humanoid robot named Gabi has become a monk at a Buddhist temple in Seoul, participating in a modified initiation ceremony where it pledged to respect life, obey humans, act peacefully toward other robots and objects.…

From Latest articles | smithsonianmag.com: Meet 'Gabi,' the Robot That Just Became a Monk at a Buddhist Temple in South Korea. It’s the Latest Robot to Take Up Religious Practice

South Korea’s largest Buddhist order has introduced Gabi, a humanoid robot monk, raising fresh questions about how AI and robotics may fit into spiritual life.

About 130 centimetres tall and dressed in traditional Buddhist robes, Gabi took part in an ordination ceremony alongside senior monks at Jogye Temple.

“Last time when these relics came to Leh, very few could pay their respects due to the lack of connectivity. Today, after 75 years, people from Ladakh, Kargil and even followers of other religions will be able to draw spiritual inspiration from them,” he…

A concrete strategy to upgrade India's Buddhist sites from isolated stops into a world-class civilisational hub is a diplomatic, economic and cultural need

The first-ever domestic exposition of these holy remains in Ladakh marks a landmark victory for heritage reparations and the revival of ancient monastic ties.

From Reddit - r/news: Sri Lanka police arrest 22 Buddhist monks after 110kg of cannabis found in luggage

From Independent RSS Feed: Buddhist monks detained at airport after record drug bust

[Revised entry by James Blumenthal and James Apple on April 8, 2026. Changes to: Main text, Bibliography, notes.html] Śāntarakṣita (725 - 788)[1] was one of the most important and pivotal thinkers in the history of Indian and Tibetan Buddhist…