The only reason these ancient Buddhist texts survived the destruction, the Dalai Lama explained, is because, centuries earlier, Tibetan monks had trekked down to the hot Indian plains from their ...
He explained that the earliest references to the Ramayana entered the Han cultural sphere primarily through Buddhist texts ... Ramayana's ancient roots and its cultural influence in China and ...
Establishing a new religion in ancient India was no simple matter ... Instead, he converted them to Buddhism. Panel with devotees honoring the Dharma - wheel and nāgas protecting the relics ...