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Mayawati says will convert to Buddhism at appropriate time
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], Oct 14 (ANI): BSP chief Mayawati announced on Monday that she will convert to Buddhism at an "appropriate" time.
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Bihar: 5th Dharma-Dhamma conference to be held on July 27-28 in Rajgir
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Rajgir (Bihar) [India], July 27 (ANI): The fifth international Dharma-Dhamma conference was inaugurated here on Saturday by Union Minister of State Kiren Rijiju in the presence of Sri Lanka's Home Minister Gamini Jaiwickrama Perera, Bhutan's Home and Culture Minister Lyonpo Sherub Gyeltshen,
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President Kovind greets nation on Buddha Purnima eve
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday extended greetings and good wishes to the nation on the eve of Buddha Purnima.
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Meet Mindar, a humanoid that teaches Buddhism
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Mar 15 (ANI): Robots are gradually taking over our jobs and hotels, and now the next territory they are planning to invade is religion or spirituality, depending on how you see it.
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Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje's identity certificate invalid
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 27 (ANI): The identity certificate of the 17th Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje, who has been out of India and residing in the US since May 2017, is invalid and he has not applied for Indian visa, it has been learnt.
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Nitish Kumar meets Vietnam envoy in Patna
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Patna [Bihar], Dec 18 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday met Vietnam's Ambassador to India, Pham Sanh Chau, and discussed various issues related to bilateral relations between the two countries.
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Myanmar a focus of India's foreign policies: President Kovind
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Yangon [India], Dec 12 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday said that Myanmar was a "focus country" in India's foreign policies such as the 'Act East' and 'Neighbourhood First'.
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China using Buddhism to increase its influence in South Asia
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 7 (ANI): In a bid to increase its influence in South Asia, China is slowly using Buddhism as a soft power. From rewriting sacred texts by introducing Chinese narrative to developing Buddhist pilgrim sites and controlling monasteries in its own way, China is working
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13th Tibetan Religious Leaders Conference indefinitely postponed
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Mcleodganj (Himachal Pradesh) [India], Nov 30 (ANI): The 13th Tibetan Religious Leaders Conference scheduled for November 29- 30 in McLeod Ganj by the Department of Religion, Central Tibetan Administration has been indefinitely postponed ostensibly over the sudden death, in a tragic accid
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Senior Chinese Lama accused of sexual misconduct, Beijing humiliated
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Hong Kong, August 31, (ANI): China is facing humiliation after its senior Lama, Master Xuecheng, is accused of sexually harassing two nuns. Xuecheng, the face of China's Buddhism for a number of years, now stands disgraced.
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Hemis Festival kick-started in Ladakh
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Ladakh [India], June 25 (ANI): Bringing the colorful shades in the barren, the legendary Hemis festival began on Monday in Ladakh, to commemorate the birth anniversary of Guru Padmasambhava, the eight centuries Indian Guru revered for spreading Tantrayana Buddhism throughout the entire Himal
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What is your idea of 'ideal' life?
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 20 (ANI): According to a research, people's sense of perfection is 'surprisingly' modest.
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