What Is Sin-Eating? Sin-eating is a ritual in which the sin eater took on the sin of a dead person, thus ensuring said individual's untroubled passage into Heaven. Similar rituals can be found in ...

There can be enormous variation between representations of Buddha. In part, this is because while people are most familiar with the historical Gautama Buddha, the various branches of Buddhism believe ...

There can be no doubt about the fact that yoga is rooted in meditation, the chakras of life, and other concepts in Hinduism. However, the kind of modern yoga that is most popular in the west has been ...

Orthodox Christianity provides the faithful with many sacred objects of worship, especially icons - artistic depiction of holy figures. It is commonly believed these holy relics possess spiritual ...

«Maitreya is the secret name of the Fifth Buddha, and the Kalki Avatar of the Brahmins - the last Messiah who will come at the culmination of the Great Cycle» "The Secret Doctrine" H. P. ...

With the holiday season just around the corner, many people may wonder if and how Buddhism followers celebrate Christmas. This is an interesting question as Christmas is about celebrating the ...

Ganesha (sometimes known also as Ganapati, Vinayaka and Binaya) is one of the most well-known and popular gods in the Hindu Pantheon and also the only mainstream God to have a non-human face. ...

A sensational discovery by researchers from Uppsala University threatens to add new fuel to the fire of the discourse about multiculturalism as what has previously been considered typical Viking ...

The purest and most thoughtful minds are those which love colors the most.                                                                                                           John Ruskin All ...

Buddhism has 300 million followers around the world, mainly in Asia, who know by heart the story of how Buddha was born while his mother, Queen Mayadevi or Maya, was travelling towards her parents' ...

 'Bauddha Dharma' or Buddhism is translated as the 'Religion of the Buddha' or the 'Way of Buddha'. In order words, it means following the teachings of the enlightened one. Founded in the ...

“As a lotus flower is born in water, grows in water and rises out of water to stand above it unsoiled, so I, born in the world, raised in the world having overcome the world, live unsoiled by the ...

If we look into Iron Age history in Scandinavia we might find a forceful explanation of why it took so long to Christianise parts of the population in the Nordic areas. Who are the Vikings and what ...

Some ancient cultures  believed that many spirits and divine beings inhabited the world around them, and that humans could establish a rapport with these beings. This kind of spiritual practice is ...

Blame it on the high-stress levels associated with the TV industry or simply matters of faith, but an increasing number of telly stars are now finding solace in Buddhism. Indeed, Buddhism has made an ...