But such beliefs and practices cannot overwhelm Buddhism in any way, for they have been shorn of their primitive meaning and philosophy. The Burmese who resort to astrology, alchemy, or Nat ...

‘The Buddha was a devoted nationalist: Buddhist nationalism, ressentiment, and defending Buddhism in Myanmar’, Religion 49–4:661–690. Gaines, Robert N. (1979). ‘Doing by saying: Toward a theory of ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Thailand during April 3-4 would put a focus on the historic ties of culture and ...

Burmese, as is true of many Oriental languages ... We have many loan-words that came to us with the Sanskrit of Hinduism and the Pali of Buddhism, from Arab traders, or from contact with our ...