"The sacred sites of Burma are amongst the most beautiful and spectacular in all of Asia. However, the fame and sacredness of these holy places rests almost solely on the myths and legends that ...

This short and crisply written book raises some serious questions about Buddhist pacifism Sonia Faleiro’s The Robe and the Sword: How Buddhist Extremism is Shaping Modern Asia explodes a set of myths ...

History along with spirituality and mythical stories define Varanasi which remains one of the longest inhabited urban areas worldwide. The Hindu, Buddhist and Jain communities acknowledge Kashi as ...

Transformation as imagination in medieval popular Buddhist literature / Victor H. Mair -- Indian mythology and the Chinese imagination : Nezha, Nalakūbara, and Kṛṣṇa / Meir Shahar -- Indic influences ...