Holding itself up as the sole defender of Burmese heritage, the military has long manipulated Buddhism for its political purposes. The 78-year-old monk Bhaddanta Munindarbhivamsa was shot dead by ...

When the great King Anawrahta of Pagan united the whole of Burma into a single kingdom in the eleventh century and made Theravada Buddhism the national religion, there were already in existence a ...

While legend tells us that Buddhism first came to Burma from northern India, and the Tantric element in the religion of Pagan before King Anawrahta’s reforms implies an overland link with Nepal ...

The intersection of Buddhism, politics, and ethnic conflict in Myanmar and Sri Lanka has become a focal point of scholarly research, particularly in the context of rising nationalism and anti ...

In a monastery in central Myanmar, a Buddhist monk, Wathawa, rallies his militia with a cry: “What’s our spirit like?” “The spirit of iron!” shout a group of rifle-bearing men ...

Burma is a long-forgotten battleground for religious freedom and human rights in Asia, and its turmoil is part of a broader struggle in the region.