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Articles with tag: buddhism

Were Buddhists and Jains Persecuted in Ancient India?

Murad A Baig   May 26, 2008   interacts: 415

Many genuinely believe that Hinduism had always been a tolerant religion that assimilated other peoples and ideas without bloody conflict.

Search for Origins of Mahayana Buddhism

mahmood Mahmood   Nov 17, 2007   interacts: 297

The land of Pakistan is blessed with one of the most important treasures of the world, the glorious civilization of Buddhism flourishing in the North Western areas of Pakistan.

Where the Teesta Flows!

mekhala raghavan   Jul 10, 2007   interacts: 2

What can you say when you see Buddhist monks robed in maroon and saffron perform a ritualistic dance to the music of cymbals, drums and gongs?

Takshi Sheela

Mohammed Amjed   Apr 7, 2004   interacts: 4

I imagine ascetics in saffron robes, their feet mired in Takshi Sheela dirt, frozen in delirious silence, chanting--their anointed faces ablaze.

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