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Bengaluru businessman's wife and 11-year-old son become Jain monks in Surat, family 'happy and proud'
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Bengaluru businessman's wife and 11-year-old son become Jain monks in Surat, family 'happy and proud'

Hindustan Times  

In the Jain community, it is taken in high regard when an individual decides to become a monk. Recently, 30-year-old Sweety, wife of a businessman from Karnataka, Manish and their 11-year-old son Hridhan became Jain monks. Once their Diksha was done, the two were given new names: the mother is now called - Bhavshudhi Rekha Shri Ji and the son …

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Assamese monks on mission to save rare Tai Phake culture and language
1 year, 8 months ago

Assamese monks on mission to save rare Tai Phake culture and language

The Hindu  

This Buddhist community began an initiative to preserve Tai Phake history, culture, and identity. Khammoun Chakhap, an 18-year-old schoolboy, rides a bicycle every weekend to the Buddhist monastery in his village of Namphake to stay rooted to his Tai Phake culture and language. It is widely believed that the Tai Phake migrated from Myanmar to India’s Northeast around 1775, crossing …

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UK police apologises for killing of ex-football player Dalian Atkinson
2 years, 11 months ago

UK police apologises for killing of ex-football player Dalian Atkinson

The Hindu  

A British police chief has written to apologise to the family of former professional football player Dalian Atkinson, who died after a police officer used a stun gun on him and kicked him in the head. READ : Premier League had record 103 COVID-19 cases in past week Prosecutors said Monk used the stun gun against Atkinson for 33 seconds, …

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Buddhist Monk Chops off His Head with Guillotine for 'Good Luck in Afterlife' in Thailand
3 years, 8 months ago

Buddhist Monk Chops off His Head with Guillotine for 'Good Luck in Afterlife' in Thailand

News 18  

A Buddhist monk chopped off his own head using a guillotine as an offering to Buddha in the hope for ‘good luck’ in northeastern Thailand. According to a DailyMail report, the monk believed that making such an offering to the Buddha would bring him good luck in the afterlife – a belief known in Buddhism as ‘making merit’. He followed …

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90-year-old Bengaluru woman in ’thukdam’, or post-death meditative state, surprises scientists
4 years ago

90-year-old Bengaluru woman in ’thukdam’, or post-death meditative state, surprises scientists

Live Mint  

When 90-year-old Chokpa Tenzin died in her Bengaluru home in September, her family members called an ambulance and the crematorium. As Tibetans, the family had heard about the post-death meditative state of thukdam—when highly-realised Tibetan monks die in a consciously controlled manner through meditation—but hadn’t witnessed the phenomenon. In July this year, Geshe Jampa Gyatso, a Tibetan Buddhist scholar in …

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