Last Saturday at Battery Park, a group of Burlington’s Nepali residents celebrated Sansari Puja, or Mother Nature worship. The annual event organized by the Kirat Rai and Limbu communities is intended ...

This is part of a regular series featuring religious and other holidays celebrated by various faiths in our community. Over the year, we'll take a look at various faith-based holidays and explain who, ...

(Agenzia Fides) The Buddhist monks of a temple in Colombo spontaneously gathered for a special “Puja” ritual to pray for the health of Pope Francis and his speedy recovery. During the Puja ritual, the ...

Holy relics of the Buddha and eight Arhants (disciples of the Buddha) were enshrined in the Mahastupa amidst the chantings of Triratna at Buddhavanam, a world class Buddhist Heritage Theme park ...

Vesak is also known as Vaishaka, Buddha Jayanthi, and Buddha Purnima. On Thursday (May 23) , Buddhist devotees will commemorate the three main milestones in the life of the Buddha: the birth of ...

Considering the Buddha’s advice that we should endeavour to see things as they really are, one may argue that rituals should have no place, at all, in Buddhism. Afterall, rituals are dependent on ...