Instill kindness with a unit all about empathy. Lessons and activities follow a prepare, engage, reflect, and action sequence. Learning experiences include making the classroom a safe environment, peer-invented handshakes, discussions...

Indian art and architecture is covered from the baths of Mohenjo-daro to the Great Stupa in Sanchi. This presentation shows Indian art as it progressed throughout time but focuses heavily on Buddhist art and architecture that originated...

Students define the term "social entrepreneurs" and research several examples of this concept in action. They, in groups, research and discuss several questions.

Students study the example of the spread of Buddhism in Southeast Asia, assess the possible meaning conveyed by Borobudur, explore how ideas travel and the process of syncretism, and appreciate how and why Salindra leaders in Java...

King Ashoka's edicts, explaining his reforms and advice, were inscribed on rocks. The site gives a background on the reason for the edicts and the primary source documents.

PBS explores the architecture of India with an in-depth look in the stupa built by Emperor Ashoka. Describes what a stupa is and what it is primarily used for. Identifies the architectural components of the structure from top to bottom....

Explanation of Asoka's conversion to Buddhism and how Buddhism influenced his reign.

This stone sculpture depicts a female figure holding on to the branches of a tree. She stands in what is known as a triple bend position. Part of her arms and one leg have broken off. She has a pleasant expression on her face. She wears...

This article provides a history of the practice of Buddhism in Sri Lanka. Among the topics discussed are the the first through fourth Councils, the Emperors and scholars who had a profound impact on the practice of Buddhism, and the...

A profile of the Bodh Gaya, the place where Gautama Buddha attained unsurpassed, supreme Enlightenment, and the pilgrimage site there, the Maha Bodhi Temple.

This entry has information on the significance of Sarnath as a Buddhist pilgrimage site, and the temples that have been built there throughout Buddhist history.

The monastery typically becomes the spiritual focus of the nearest town or village. In early Buddhism, monastic complexes were created for the monks close enough to a town in order to receive alms or charity from the villagers, but far...

Can a mound of dirt represent the Buddha, the path to Enlightenment, a mountain and the universe all at the same time? It can if it is a stupa. The stupa ("stupa" is Sanskrit for heap) is an important form of Buddhist architecture. View...

Read popular Indian fables, Jakata tales, Birbal and other stories or learn about famous Indian people like Mahatma Gandhi, Sri Aurobindo, Ashoka the Great, or Mother Teresa. Also includes a collection of classic western fables and fairy...

Siddhartha Gautama, the Lord Buddha, was born in 623 B.C. in the famous gardens of Lumbini, which soon became a place of pilgrimage. Among the pilgrims was the Indian emperor Ashoka, who erected one of his commemorative pillars there....