by Kogen Mizuno The aim of Buddhism, and the hope of the Buddha, is that all people may be shown how to become ideal human beings, and at the very last, be removed from ignorance and drawn toward wisdom....
The Dhammapada is one of the greatest canonical books in the Buddhistic scriptures. Its name has been variously interpreted. The word dhamma is formed to be used in the Pali language in different meanings. It may mean here either...
It is the Maha Bodhi Society, having its founder Anagarika Dharmapala at its forefront, that resuscitated the Buddha Gaya temple and made it once more a hallowed place of pilgrimage for all the Buddhists of the world. This an...
The Maha Bodhi Society was established in May 1891 for the purpose of reviving Buddhism in India and for restoring the ancient Buddhist Shrines at Bodh Gaya, Benaras and Kushinara. The Journal of the Maha Bodhi Society, took its...
Anagarika Dharmapala, the founder of the Maha Bodhi Society of India, on several occasions in his life time expressed his gratitude to the great Indian leaders, especially the leaders of the Bengali community, for extending him a helping hand...
The relics of Sri Sariputta and Mahamoggallana Arahans, the two chief disciples of Lord Buddha, which are returning to Indian soil on January the Fourteenth, were discovered by General Sir Alexander Cunningham in the third stupa on Sanchi Hill...
The crowning and most glorious achievement of Anagarika Dharmapala’s lifelong sacrifices and struggles was the completion of the Mulagandhakuti Vihara at Sarnath. He began his life’s mission with the object of restoring the Maha Bodhi Temple at Buddha Gaya,...
WHO THEY WERE SRI SARIPUTTAAND MOGGALLANA ARAHANS WERE THE TWO CHIEF DISCI- PLES OF LORD BUDDHA. FOR CENTURIES THEY HAVE STOOD IN THE ANNALS OF BUDDHISM AND BUDDHIST LITERATURE RECORDS, IN SOME DETAIL, THE LIFE AND ACTIVITY OF THEIR...