We live in a time of accelerated militarism, environmental devastation, and deepening social collapse. Amid these crises, the ...

Another speaker, Panchamee Hewavissenti, spoke about the political and traditional aspects of the Dalai Lamas reincarnation.

The Kelaniya Declaration reaffirmed rebirth (punabbhava) as a central and non-negotiable tenet of Buddhist philosophy, rooted in the teachings of the Buddha and enriched by various Buddhist traditions ...

A replica of the ancient Ashokan Pillar has been erected on the premises of a Buddhist temple in Sri Lanka in recognition of ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – With a bloody civil war over and a cautious peace at hand, a group of hardline Buddhist monks is rallying Sri Lankans against what they say is a pernicious threat: Muslims.

At least three wild elephants were found dead across Sri Lanka on Friday, officials said, a day after six young rescued ...

A request has been made to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to intervene as a mediator in order to peacefully resolve the ongoing tensions between Thailand and Cambodia ...

Sri Lanka, located off the southeast tip of India, was the site of a bitter and protracted civil war that pitted the Sinhalese majority against minority ethnic Tamils, mostly Hindus, who sought to ...

Buddhist mobs swept through Muslim neighborhoods in Sri Lanka’s central hills, destroying stores and restaurants despite a curfew, a state of emergency and a heavy deployment of security forces.

Myanmar's hard-line Buddhist monk Ashin Wirathu, center, sits with other delegates at a convention organized by Sri Lanka's Bodu Bala Sena or Forces of Buddhist Power in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday ...

A local Buddhist man said the Muslims were using improvised explosives, which the men in the mosque denied. A house stands vandalized in racial violence near Galle, Sri Lanka, Saturday, Nov. 18, 2017.