David Wellington Chappell, an author, scholar and educator on the history of Buddhism, a peace advocate and the principal founder of the Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies, has died. He was 64.

Around twenty-five hundred years ago, an Indian prince awoke to the suffering of other beings and, long story short, became the Buddha. In late January, the Brooklyn Museum unveiled a far more complex ...

After the Mahaparinirvana of Shakyamuni Buddha, his profound non-sectarian, universal teachings were not confined to the borders of India but rather travelled throughout Asia, crossing the paths of ...

Introduction -- The Material of Religion -- From the Buddha to Ashoka: c. 600-200 BCE -- The Sangha and the Laity: c. 200 BCE-200 CE -- The Beginnings of Mahayana Buddhism, Buddha Images, and Monastic ...

Some Buddhists asserted that, though a Buddhist king should be committed to non-violence, he might be called upon to cancel ...

A project that is fundamentally changing the way scholars look at the ancient world and the teachings of the Buddha has received a major addition. A birch bark manuscript from a Buddhist monastery, ...

Part. I. History of the rise, progress and downfall of Buddhism in India.--Part.II. History of Tibet from early times to 1745 A.D siris_sil_1088260 ...