Furnishes the fourteen rock edicts and the Kalinga inscriptions of Ashoka, as well as a biography of the King who turned to Buddhism.
Describes the Buddha's first sermon at Sarnath where he detailed the "Wheel of Law." Also summarizes the Buddhist philosophical doctrines.
Concise encyclopedia entry relates the legendary tale of how this monk spread his teachings to China and Japan.
Describes the flourishing of Buddhism in India, and the history of the Gautama Buddha. Details the eight-fold path to Nirvana.
Describes the development of Theravada and Mahayana sects in India. Also details Buddhism's association to the Jain religion.
Read about the Reference Works and Journals on Buddhism in South Asia. Also links to surveys, doctrine and tradition, texts in translation and textual studies and more.
Describes the Buddhist developed Aid For India Poona Project, and other attempts to reach out to India's untouchables.
Details the origination and practice of Tantric Buddhism. Details the temples of Khajuraho, the Kama Sutra, and Tantra's renowned practitioners.
Explores the reason for Buddhism's decline in India during the last half of the first millennium, and explores various changes in Hinduism.
Furnishes details of the three major stages of Buddhism, Theravada, Mahayana, and Vajrayana. Details their distinctive doctrines.
Offers an essay exploring the tantric meditations on death in Buddhism, and describing the cremation grounds of a Himalayan monastery.
Delve into the Tibetan Buddhism tradition and the Kagyu lineage. Includes articles on sadhana practice, the three jewels and dharma.
Explores Mahayana teachings and the concept of bodhisattvas. Also describes the Jataka, or birth stories of the Buddha.
Describes the distinctive stupa style architecture from Asoka in 255 B.C. to the Mahayana Buddhist cave structures in the 13 -15th centuries.
Details the efforts in the 1930s and 40s of Dr. Ambekar to free India's untouchables from the religious and social oppression of caste.
Furnishes resources on Buddhism and Hindu teachings, and provides biographical details of the Gautama Buddha.
Describes the opposing beliefs regarding the body and desire in Tantric and Theravada Buddhism, and details the rituals and texts of Tantra.
Describes the philosophy and practice of Vajrayana, and the acceptance of the physical world as a means to enlightenment.
Details Asoka's role in conveying the Buddha's teachings, and describes the council of Buddhist monks who addressed heretical teachings.
Read article on varieties of divination, qualifications needed, interpretation of incidental signs, and examining flames. Also link to Tibetan Buddhism.