Mapping Environmental Pollution and Assessing Stakeholder Awareness at Somapura Mahavihara : A Policy Implementation Study

Location: Paharpur, Badalgachhi Upazila, Naogaon District, Bangladesh UNESCO status: Inscribed as a World Heritage Site in 1985 Type: One of the largest known Buddhist monasteries in Sou...

Reclaiming the Lost Architectural Heritage Sompur Mahavihara: Through Conjectural Restoration

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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Defining the existential foothold of VIII century Buddhist monastery “Somapura Mahavihara“ of ancient Bengal

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Buddhsim and Ecology

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...

Constructing the Buddha’s Life in Early Buddhist Monastic Arrangements at Nagarjunakonda

This study investigates the rationale behind the combination of Buddha mahāstūpas (mahācetiyas) and cetiyas (caityas) within a Buddhist monastery. In integrating a broader intellectual program,...

PAHARPUR

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...

REVISITING THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES AND SURROUNDINGS OF THE LALMAI-MAINAMATI

Abstract: The Lalmai-Mainamati region in Cumilla, Bangladesh, designated as a UNESCO Tentative World Heritage Site, is historically associated with the ancient Buddhist civilisation of Samatata. Th...

Under the Bodhi Tree

Under the Bodhi Tree takes us back to the principles at the heart of Buddha's teachings: conditionality and dependent co-arising. Ajahn Buddhadāsa Bhikkhu makes the case for dependent co-arising as...

Rabindranath Tagore and Buddhist Culture

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,...

Reflections of Buddhist Philosophy in Rabindranath Tagore’s Literature

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...

রবীন্দ্রসংগীতে বৌদ্ধ ভাবাদর্শ

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...

The positive influence of Tibetan Buddhist monasteries on forest conservation

The Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP) is vital for stabilizing climate in East and South Asia and its glaciers and snow melt water nourish key continental rivers. The region’s forests are not only...

The Expanse of Archaeological Remains at Nalanda

Historical records suggest that Nalanda was a Buddhist monastery of considerable repute with immense physical dimensions, which remained in existence from the fourth/fifth century until at least...

Sacred heritage and environmental sustainability

Religious landscapes offer underexplored value for carbon sequestration and biodiversity conservation. This study uses remote sensing and spatial analysis to assess the Fo Guang Shan Buddha Mu...

BHUTAN’S MOST ACCLAIMED RELIGIOUS SANCTUARY

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...

UNESCO World Heritage nomination file for the Archaeological Site of Nalanda Mahavihara

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...

Elements of a Japanese Garden - The Blissful Gardeners

Japanese gardens are expressions of simplicity, serenity and elegance. One thing that is clear from the several gardens we visited is that there are consistent elements from one Japanese garden...

Visual structure of a Japanese Zen garden

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...

Calming Visual Spaces: Learning from Kyoto Zen Gardens

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...

Cultivating Enlightenment The Manifold Meaning of Japanese Zen Gardens

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...

DOGEN-His Life, Religion, and Poetry

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...

Finding Quiet within the Noise How Japanese Traditions Can Help Today’s Students

Mindfulness has become trendy around the world in recent years—but in Japan, it’s been ingrained into the culture for centuries.

Japanese Stone Gardens: Diversity, Sustainability, and Consumerism

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...

GUIDELINES FOR POST-EARTHQUAKE TEMPORARY STRUCTURAL STABILISATION

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...

Mindfulness, Interbeing and the Engaged Buddhism of Thích Nhất Hạnh

This thesis explores the practices of mindfulness, interbeing and Engaged Buddhism proposed by Thích Nhất Hạnh (born 1926), a Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk, writer, poet, calligrapher and peace...

Mindfulness and Motivation in Self-Transformation: Thich Nhat Hanh’s Teachings on the Interbeing

This paper aims to explore the relationship of mindfulness and motivation in self-transformation based on the teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh. It discusses mind and meditation, the application and i...

Thich Nhat Hanh's Contributions to the Field of Mindfulness

This article aims to comprehensively analyze and evaluate the contributions of Thich Nhat Hanh, a prominent Buddhist monk, poet, and peace activist, in the field of mindfulness. By examining re...

GUIDELINES FOR IN-DEPTH CONDITION ASSSESSSMENT OF MONUMENTS AT BAGAN

Bagan Archaeological Area and Monuments Tentative List Site was the capital city of the first Myanmar Kingdom. It is a complex site in terms of its dimension of more than 13 by 8 km and also i...

In the Wake of the Earthquake: Preserving Myanmar’s Artistic and Cultural Legacy

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...

বৌদ্ধ বিহারের স্থাপত্য ভাবনা - মধ্যম প্রতিপদা অরণ্য কুঠির

নরম ভোরের আলোয়, বনভূমির কোলে— মধ্যম প্রতিপদা আরণ্য কুঠির—নীরবতার এক আশ্রয়। বৌদ্ধ দর্শনের মধ্যম পথ—অতিরিক্ত নয়, ঘাটতিও নয়; ভারসাম্যের পথে চলা। এখানে সেই পথটাই চর্চা হয়—ধীরে, গভীর, নিঃশব্দে। একদিকে শ...

বোধ্যি অরণ্য বৌদ্ধ বিহারের স্থাপত্য ভাবনা

বোধ্যি অরণ্য বৌদ্ধ মঠের স্থাপত্য নকশা প্রকৃতি, বৌদ্ধ দর্শন ও পবিত্র জ্যামিতির গভীর অনুপ্রেরণায় গঠিত। “বোধ্যি” অর্থ জ্ঞানপ্রাপ্তি বা বোধিলাভ এবং “অরণ্য” অর্থ বনভূমি—এই দুটি মিলিয়ে প্রকৃতির নীরব...