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Is Buddha an avatar of Vishnu?
Buddhism rose in India 2,500 years ago. It played a key role in spreading monastic ideas across the...
The geography of knowledge
Just as many Indians, especially Non-Resident Indians, get upset when they see an American or...
Many happy Buddhas
A dramatic shift happened in Buddhism roughly 500 years after the historical Buddha. This dramatic...
10 mythological tales from...
Fact is everybody’s truth. Fiction is nobody’s truth. Myth is somebody’s truth. It’s a...
The goddess of sailors
For such a vast coastline, Indians do not have much of sea mythology. Most images of boats in...
Aggregation of Buddhist atoms
Aggregation of Buddhist atoms By Devdutt PattanaikThe fundamental difference between Hinduism and...
In search of Shambhala, the...
The world we live in is not perfect. It has its good side, but then it is also laden with problems...
Mythology of conversion
Observe how you react when you read the word ‘mythology’. You are conditioned to believe it...