To encourage more international students to take up higher Buddhist studies in India, International Buddhist Confederation, IBC, will offer scholarships to deserving students. It plans to im... Read more

Fearlessness in dealing with life and its challenges is an appreciable attribute and is not commonly observed in most. It is not innate, but a cultivated trait. Broadly, its inception and su... Read more

A young couple from Assam has set up a school with a unique enrolment criterion – students must collect and bring 25 items of plastic waste every week. The plastic waste is then proces... Read more

Does answering the telephone or dealing with large groups make you anxious? Try these tips to deal with crippling social anxiety Trapped in an endless spiral of “what ifs”? Const... Read more

“Experience the spirit of the season,” said my beloved master. We were sitting under the large Banyan tree – with its silvery roots embracing the earth in silence – even though i... Read more

Water is life. Our bodies are made mostly of water and our survival depends on it. All life forms on planet earth are nurtured by water. Hence, ancient civilizations revered water, acknowled... Read more

Tradition, culture, environment, education and habits condition the human mind. The same old beliefs, customs, rituals and herd mentality make the mind function in a set pattern, in a groove... Read more

Grace happens not because of one’s efforts, but on its own. It cannot be created or controlled in any way. It is like a glimpse of the aspirant’s goal that’s meant to motiv... Read more

Faith is generally taken as belief in God or religious principles. There should be un- questioning trust and faith to achieve positive results, though the Buddha taught his disciples that th... Read more

The practice of yoga was neither ‘invented’ nor ‘discovered’. It existed long before references of it appeared in art and literature. Nature played an important role... Read more