Hindus in Gujarat who wish to undergo religious conversion to Buddhism, Jainism or Sikhism will need to seek their district magistrate’s prior approval under provisions of the Gujarat Freedom of ...

The Isha Upanishad is one of the shortest of the ancient Sanskrit scriptures known as the Upanishads, meaning “sitting down near” – the manner by which the student learned from the master. Hinduism, ...

In a April 8 circular, the Gujarat government said it considers Buddhism, Sikhism and Jainism "a separate religion" from Hinduism and has asked Hindu's seeking to convert to any these three to seek ...

BENGALURU: The Karnataka government's decision to trim the introduction to a lesson on Jainism and Buddhism in Class 6 social science textbook has drawn criticism and been slammed by experts. The ...

When freed (from the senses) the wise, on departing from this world, become immortal. The eye does not go thither, nor speech, nor mind. We do not know, we do not understand, how any one can teach it.

Nehru felt that Jainism and Buddhism were considered not as a revolt against Hinduism but an attack on polytheism and Brahminism. He concluded that the Upanishad philosophy had produced a powerful ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Jainism is a religion that started in India around the sixth and seventh centuries BCE at the same time ...

Aside from the purely visual pleasures they provide, the Cleveland Museum of Art’s new Chinese, Indian and Southeast Asian galleries constitute an invitation to learn about Hinduism and Buddhism, the ...