Schedneck (Religious Tourism in Northern Thailand), a Rhodes College religious studies professor, skillfully surveys contemporary Theravada Buddhism. Focusing on communities in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar ...

The Thuparamaya Stupa, the earliest stupa, or a dirt burial mound faced with stone, after Theravada Buddhism became the official religion in Sri Lanka, dating back to the reign of King Devanampiya ...

The Therigatha, a collection of poems written in Pāli by Buddhist nuns, reveals that women’s enlightenment may not necessarily require renunciation of domestic life. Theravada Buddhism is the dominant ...

LAYTON — The Wat Dhammagunaram Layton Temple is holding a Songkran festival on Saturday and Sunday to mark the Thai and Lao new year. Activities go from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday with Buddhist “merit ...

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