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HistoriCity | Nalanda: How an ancient Buddhist vihara became a multicultural centre of learning
6 months ago

HistoriCity | Nalanda: How an ancient Buddhist vihara became a multicultural centre of learning

Hindustan Times  

A new campus of Nalanda University was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, a little over 10 kilometres from where the eponymous Buddhist centre of learning stood. However, according to DR Patil’s Antiquarian Remains in Bihar, around the beginning of the first millennium CE, Nalanda had become a straggler, while neighbouring Odantapuri was flourishing under the patronage of …

India Bihar Learning University Tibetan Buddhist Nalanda
Monks, masks and mountains — all you need to know about Karsha Gustor
1 year, 5 months ago

Monks, masks and mountains — all you need to know about Karsha Gustor

The Hindu  

At Ladakh’s Karsha Monastery, nestled in the Zanskar valley known for the famous Chadar trek, some 230 kilometres from Kargil, Buddhist monks are busy preparing for the annual monastic festival — Karsha Gustor. They are assembling their vibrant, silk attire and grand, emotive masks to be donned during theCham dance performance — the key highlight of the two-day celebrations beginning …

Festival Dance Ladakh Tibet Deities Cham Karsha
Remnants of Buddhist monastery from Satavahana period unearthed at Rudragiri in Guntur
1 year, 5 months ago

Remnants of Buddhist monastery from Satavahana period unearthed at Rudragiri in Guntur

The Hindu  

Remnants of a Buddhist monastery established during the Satavahana period have been discovered on the Rudragiri at Orvakallu village in Atchampet Mandal of Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh. Former Superintending Archaeologist D. Kanna Babu of Temple Survey Project in Archaeological Survey of India, Chennai, while conducting exploration and survey to ascertain the architectural pre-eminence of ancient shrines that flourished in …

Buddhist Rudragiri Guntur Remnants Satavahana Satavahana Period
Struggling to calm your mind? Buddhist monks in Hacienda Heights offer meditation tips
1 year, 6 months ago

Struggling to calm your mind? Buddhist monks in Hacienda Heights offer meditation tips

LA Times  

When we think of meditation, we often picture someone sitting as still as a statue, said Venerable Hui Cheng, a monk at Fo Guang Shan Hsi Lai Temple. “We are inspired to not hold onto things that are inherently fluid and transient in nature,” said Venerable Hui Cheng, who works with the temple’s department of social education and outreach. Venerable …

Meditation Mind Chinese Temple Hsi Cheng Hacienda
Leh: 2-day monastic festival 'Thiksey Gustor' concludes
3 years, 1 month ago

Leh: 2-day monastic festival 'Thiksey Gustor' concludes

India TV News  

Highlights Monastic festival started with grand religious ceremony attended by monks of monastery, devotees Main attraction of festival were monks attired in traditional outfits performing colourful mask This festival is a great opportunity to offer prayers for devotees The two-day monastic festival popularly known as 'Thiksey Gustor' concluded in Leh district of Ladakh on Tuesday. The main attraction of the …

Festival Thiksey Gustor
Archaeology: Ancient Christian monastery dating back 1,500 years is found in Egypt
3 years, 9 months ago

Archaeology: Ancient Christian monastery dating back 1,500 years is found in Egypt

Daily Mail  

Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered an ancient Christian monastery complete with three churches, monks' cell and biblical graffiti dating back some 1,500 years. The finds at the Tal Ganoub Qasr al-Agouz site in the Western Desert's Bahariya Oasis shine a light on monastic life in the area in the fifth century AD, the team said. Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered …

Graffiti Egypt Ancient Christian Egyptian Site Cairo