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Locals, tourists and others visited the Wat Arun temple in the capital Bangkok to pour water on Buddha images in an act that ...
Buddhist leaders from Arunachal Pradesh are pushing for reforms in the Bodhgaya Temple Management Committee. They have gained ...
Depicted by the statue is the Buddha Amitābha, a prominent figure in Mahayana Buddhism.
Bhutan is officially a Buddhist kingdom. It's also a fledgling democracy trying to establish a balancing act to honor its ...
Nearly 100 Buddhist monks have been protesting at Bodh Gaya’s Mahabodhi Temple since February, demanding the repeal of Bodh Gaya Temple Act (BTA), 1949 and that the management rights of the site, with ...
A deadly earthquake on March 28 collapsed buildings in central Myanmar but rumours that the country's most sacred Buddhist ...
Myo Kyaw Soe/Xinhua via AP Share A west suburban Buddhist temple is leading a fundraising effort to support victims of last week’s massive earthquake in Myanmar that has killed more than 2,000 ...
While the Thai Buddhism depicted in 'The White Lotus' is not completely realistic, there are several authentic ways to engage deeply with Buddhism The new season of The White Lotus is set on a ...
It depicts a young American woman who is interested in joining a yearlong meditation program at a Buddhist temple, even though Thai temples do not offer such programs. It also portrays a temple ...
Hundreds of structures have been burnt or damaged, including historic 7th-century Buddhist temple that was reduced to ashes as the fire continued to expand. “We are nationally in a critical ...
The 1,300-year-old Gounsa temple in Uiseong County, a major Buddhist landmark, was among the dozens of buildings that have burned to the ground with its ceremonial bell the only piece appearing ...
Almost all the buildings at the Buddhist Gounsa Temple complex were destroyed in the fires Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP via Getty Images The largest wildfires in South Korea’s history have blazed for ...