Sompur Mahavihara, presently known as Paharpur vihara is the second largest Buddhist vihara onthe subcontinent and one of the most important archaeological sites in Bangladesh. This Buddhistmonastery,...
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The Nature of the Environmental Crisis Ours is a period when the human community is in search of new and sustaining relationships to the earth amidst an environmental crisis that threatens the ve...
The archaeological remains of Somapura Mahavihara; one of the famousBuddhist monasteries of Early Medieval period, is situated in the village ofPaharpur (25°1´51.48´´N and 88°58´37.03´´E) of Badalgach...
rabindranath Tagore, whose birth centenary is being celebrated this year (1961), went through all the vital stages of Indian culture. Beginning from the Vedic age, he went through the Buddhist period,...
Buddha and his philosophy played an important role in Tagore’s spiritual outlook. He wasgreatly influenced by it in the most literal sense. It had been his second source of inspirationafter Upanishads...
বৌদ্ধদর্শন ও চেতনার মূল কথা হল ত্যাগ ও সংযম। রবীন্দ্রসাহিত্য ও দর্শনে এই ত্যাগ ও সংযমের ব্যাপক প্রতিফলন ঘটেছে। রবীন্দ্রনাথ জীবনের শেষদিন পর্যন্ত বৌদ্ধভাবাদর্শের প্রতি শ্রদ্ধাশীল ছিলেন। এই চেতনা রবীন্দ...
Scholar John Ardussi introduces Bhutan’s most recognizable monument, the spectacularcliffside shrine known as the “The Tiger’s Lair.” Legends say that the legendary Indian Buddhistmaster Padmasambhava...
summary of the official 2016 UNESCO World Heritage nomination file for the Archaeological Site of Nalanda Mahavihara (Nalanda University) at Nalanda, Bihar: Scope & significance (OUV): The doss...
The dry landscape garden at Ryoanji Temple in Kyoto, Japan, a UNESCO world heritage site, intrigues hundreds of thousands of visitors every year with its abstract, sparse and seemingly random composit...
Zen gardens exhibit sophisticated visual designs achieved with minimalcompositions and engender a calm, contemplative atmosphere.Here we use perceptual models to study Zen garden design with theaim of...
while Zen gardens have been a fixture of Japanese aesthetics since the Muromachi Period(1336–1573), the purposes and meanings of these austere landscapes have been far lessfixed, and indeed have chang...
Zen master Dōgen (1200–1253) was the founder of the Sōtō sect,one of the five major denominations of Japanese Buddhism thatspread rapidly in medieval Japan and remains an important religious movement...
Mindfulness has become trendy around the world in recent years—but in Japan, it’s been ingrained into the culture for centuries.
It has been suggested that the modern Japanese garden contains a wide variety of garden types. Whilesome scholars have acknowledged the diversity of modern Japanese gardens, recent developments inJapa...
The current document has been developed as Guidelines for Post‐Earthquake Temporary Structural Stabilization of Historical Monuments with specific reference to the archaeological monuments of Bagan, M...
AbstractA magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck central Myanmar on 28 March 2025, causing severe human losses and widespread damage to infrastructure and cultural assets across the Mandalay–Sagaing corridor...
The architectural design concept for the Madhyam Pratipada Aranya Kuthir is inspired by traditional Buddhist architecture, incorporating modern elements to create a serene and contemplative en...
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