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Nearly sold at auction in Hong Kong, the gem offerings buried with the Buddha have been repatriated, marking a landmark case in the geopolitics of sacred heritage
John Guy brings together more than 125 objects about the origins of Buddhism in his new book and a recent exhibition
Jairam Ramesh chronicles the life of Edwin Arnold who took Buddha’s ideas to the West via a narrative poem
It is premised on the idea of self-purity and not sanctity of life
A newly erected shrine in Nangchen and the transformation of a Buddhist part of China seen to be beyond the Dalai Lama’s influence