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Early Explorers and Their Encounter with Buddhism, Part Three: Dance Insight

Joseph Houseal 9 August 2025

The early explorers treated in this three-part article represent a wide range of expertise, from painting to linguistics, dance to cartography. The 15 explorers evoked

Sri Lankan Buddhism’s Rich Heritage of Pāli Commentaries and Theravāda Traditions

Sanjoy Barua Chowdhury 31 July 2025

How Theravada became part of the fabric of Sri Lankan life, from mythic time to the ancient period and beyond

Ācāriya Pūrṇāchār Chandramōhan Mahāsthabira (1834–1907): The Life and Work of the 2nd Saṅgharāj of Bangladesh

Sanjoy Barua Chowdhury 9 April 2024

The story of how the second supreme patriarch of Bangladesh and monastic reformer was ordained as a monk three times

Allan Bennett (1872–1923). From astrumargenteum.org

The Man Who Brought Buddhism to Great Britain: Allan Bennett

Victor M. Parachin 23 March 2020

A pioneer of Buddhism in the West

Reclining Buddha, Sri Lanka, Kandy period, 18th century. Wood with paint 36.8 × 98.9 × 16.8 centimeters. Purchased with funds provided by Anna Bing Arnold. Photo © Museum Associates / LACMA

Buddhist Statuary from the Jeweled Isle

Meher McArthur 16 May 2019

A view of Sri Lanka’s spectacular Buddhist art

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Early Explorers and Their Encounter with Buddhism, Part Three: Dance Insight

Sri Lankan Buddhism’s Rich Heritage of Pāli Commentaries and Theravāda Traditions

Ācāriya Pūrṇāchār Chandramōhan Mahāsthabira (1834–1907): The Life and Work of the 2nd Saṅgharāj of Bangladesh

The Man Who Brought Buddhism to Great Britain: Allan Bennett

Buddhist Statuary from the Jeweled Isle