All these architectural forms were recorded in early documents of Chinese history ... was introduced to China only when Buddhism spread to the country. The origin of pagodas, like that of Buddhism ...

This idea is crucial in Buddhist thought. It is one of the key ... In other words, nothing has an independent origin and everything is dependent for its origin on something else.

The title of "Dalai Lama", was not granted by the Dalai Lama himself, or created by Tibetan Buddhism, or conferred by the old Tibetan ruling class and still less by any foreigners. The title was ...

Vajrayana, Mahayana, and Theravada are the most practiced forms of Buddhism today but there were a lot of changes within the Mahayaha practice when the expansion of Buddhism crossed the Silk Road.

Mandalas are Buddhist devotional images often deemed a diagram or symbol of an ideal universe. Mandalas come in many forms. Often they are painted on scrolls and taken with travelers over long ...