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USA - Peace ‘Begins from Within,’ Says Buddhist Monk
The Buddhist monk who led a “Walk for Peace” from Texas to the nation’s capital said he believes peace can be achieved even in a world filled with conflict, citing the overwhelming displays of public support for his walk as a source of hope for future change. “Peace always begins from within ourself. It’s not the world peace out there,” the Venerable Bhikkhu Pannakara said in an exclusive interview with CBS News. “No one can change this world, but together, all people and all
Arno Froese
Mar 112 min read


SRI LANKA - 1,700-Year-Old Buddhist Megastructure
Towering above […] is the immense, bubble-shaped dome of Jetavanaramaya—a structure so large that when it was completed in the early fourth century CE, it ranked as the third-largest man made building on Earth, surpassed only by the Great Pyramids of Giza. Completed around 301 CE using an estimated 93.3 million baked mud bricks, the stupa originally rose to around 122 meters (400 feet), making it one of the tallest structures of the ancient world. Jetavanaramaya refers not on
Arno Froese
Mar 42 min read
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