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‘Refuge of the last dreamers’: Luang Prabang, a city suspended in time
7 months ago

‘Refuge of the last dreamers’: Luang Prabang, a city suspended in time

Al Jazeera  

A new day breaks to the rhythmic shuffling of bare feet upon the ground. Like an apparition from centuries past, a procession of several hundred shaven-headed monks emerges through the dawn mist, snaking its way through the sleepy narrow streets. Then, as silently as they appeared, the monks disappear back inside their temple walls, their saffron robes billowing softly behind …

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Inspired by reality TV, Buddhist monks become matchmakers
8 months ago

Inspired by reality TV, Buddhist monks become matchmakers

LA Times  

Three monks, a horde of reporters and 20 singles looking for love walked into a Buddhist temple. So began the third edition of “Naneun Jeollo” — or “To the temple” — a matchmaking event launched last year by the Korean Buddhist Foundation for Social Welfare to fulfill the religion’s commitment to fostering “social cohesion.” Ji-su, a participant, hangs a wish …

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How a massive all-granite, hand-carved Hindu temple ended up on Hawaii’s lush Kauai Island
1 year, 1 month ago

How a massive all-granite, hand-carved Hindu temple ended up on Hawaii’s lush Kauai Island

Associated Press  

KAPAA, Hawaii — It is the only all-granite, hand-carved Hindu temple in the West built without power tools or electricity, and it’s nestled on one of the smaller islands in Hawaii surrounded by lush gardens and forests. “Here, it is nearly impossible, but it has been done.” The order’s origin story began in 1948 with founder Subramuniyaswami, a former San …

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Fresh conflict brews in post-war Sri Lanka | The slippery slope to the Kurunthurmalai hilltop
1 year, 3 months ago

Fresh conflict brews in post-war Sri Lanka | The slippery slope to the Kurunthurmalai hilltop

The Hindu  

It takes barely 10 minutes to reach the Kurunthurmalai hilltop, but the climb requires some manoeuvring of the uneven, slippery slope. Thiruvarangan, who is also a member of the People’s Land Commission, constituted by organisations and individuals working against land grabs across Sri Lanka, says, “These panels looking into archaeology rarely have minorities. The all-Sinhalese task force, led by Buddhist …

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The Monks who embalmed themselves
1 year, 5 months ago

The Monks who embalmed themselves

New Indian Express  

In fact, the temple at Mt Yudono is no temple; since the mountain itself is deemed one, it cannot be fitted into a shrine. Another esoteric part of the Yudono travelogue is sokushinbutsu or ‘Buddhas in Their Very Body’. They are bodies of monks enshrined in special temples: mummified figures with skeletal features, and dehydrated, almost desiccated, skin and postures …

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 …

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The Thai temple that has fallen empty after monks flunked drug tests
2 years ago

The Thai temple that has fallen empty after monks flunked drug tests

Firstpost  

Four monks including an abbot at a Buddhist temple in Phetchabun province’s Bung Sam Phan district in central Thailand tested positive for methamphetamine on Monday. The monks have been sent to a health clinic to undergo drug rehabilitation, leaving the temple empty Bangkok: A Buddhist temple in central Thailand has been left without monks after all its holy men failed …

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Temple in Thailand has no monks after all fail drug test
2 years ago

Temple in Thailand has no monks after all fail drug test

India Today  

There are no monks left at a Buddhist temple in central Thailand after all of them failed drug tests, a local official said, reported news agency AFP. Four monks, including an abbot, tested positive for methamphetamine on Monday at a temple in Phetchabun province's Bung Sam Phan district, district official Boonlert Thintapthai told AFP. “The temple is now empty of …

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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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Aiming for a Better Future: Thai People Perform Mock Funerals Hoping for a Fresh Start
3 years, 10 months ago

Aiming for a Better Future: Thai People Perform Mock Funerals Hoping for a Fresh Start

News 18  

In a temple on the outskirts of Bangkok, participants at a daily ritual clutch a bunch of flowers and lie down in a coffin with a sheet pulled over them as monks chant. The Wat Bangna Nai temple in the Thai capital draws more than 100 people a day who choose to perform the ceremony in the hope it can …

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Fact Check: Image of monks in Kumbh Mela falsely circulated as that of Ayodya bhoomi pujan
4 years, 4 months ago

Fact Check: Image of monks in Kumbh Mela falsely circulated as that of Ayodya bhoomi pujan

India Today  

The foundation stone laying ceremony of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya was held on August 5. One such claim on Facebook in the Malayalam language translates to, “Yogi’s monks gathered for Ayodhya Ram mandir bhoomi pujan violating the Covid-19 precautionary measures.” India Today Anti Fake News War Room has found the claim is false. The viral image is an award-winning …

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The VHP monks who led the mandir movement
4 years, 4 months ago

The VHP monks who led the mandir movement

The Hindu  

The bhoomi poojan, or ground-breaking ceremony, of the Ram temple in Ayodhya has turned the spotlight on the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, one of the first advocates of the Ramjanmabhoomi movement and a group that has been at the forefront of mobilising popular opinion and leading the legal fight for the issue. Trigger points “Three trigger points led to the formation …

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Buddhist monks protest in Ayodhya, demand UNESCO excavate Ram Janmabhoomi site
4 years, 5 months ago

Buddhist monks protest in Ayodhya, demand UNESCO excavate Ram Janmabhoomi site

The Hindu  

Buddhist monks staged a sit-in and fast in Ayodhya on Tuesday, claiming that the Ram Janmabhoomi premises was a Buddhist site and demanded that the excavation of the place should be done by the UNESCO. At the protest outside the office of the Ayodhya district magistrate, the Buddhist monks demanded that those items found during the levelling of the land …

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