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Pure Land Buddhism; The Mahayana Multiverse
Pure Land Buddhism is one of the most influential yet misunderstood branches of Mahayana Buddhism. Explore the fascinating ...
Buddhist monks gather at ‘diamond triangle’ in Jajpur
Kendrapada: Nearly 1,000 Buddhist monks from 17 countries have arrived at Odisha's ‘diamond triangle' for a five-day chanting ...
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Southern Thai temple seeks UNESCO World Heritage status
Wat Phra Mahathat Woramahawihan in Nakhon Si Thammarat receives support to pursue UNESCO World Heritage status.
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Rebirthing Buddhas, reincarnating Lamas
Rebirth took on a new dimension in Tibetan Buddhism around 1,000 years ago. In this tradition, the Lamas of Tibet introduced ...
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Bandwagon to get ancient temple Unesco status grows
Natural Resources and Environment Minister Chalermchai Sri-on is preparing to propose to the cabinet that Wat Phra Mahathat ...
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Tamil Nadu to set up its 1st Buddhist museum in Nagapattinam, where the religion thrived under Cholas
The museum aims to reclaim 350 Buddha bronzes excavated from Nagapattinam, now dispersed across museums in India and abroad, ...
This book examines why Buddhism did not reach the West until the 18th century
Post the Industrial Revolution in the 18th century, there was a progressive demand in the United Kingdom and Europe for ...
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Buddhism – Issues of relationships – Eduqas
However, there is a great deal of variation across the Buddhist world, for example, in the Zen tradition, which is part of Mahayana Buddhism, priests are often married. Not to be contented with ...
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Vairocana, the Great Buddha of Tōdaiji, Nara
Today, Tōdaiji remains the head temple of the Kegon (Huayan) sect of Mahayana Buddhism, which reveres the Avatamsaka Sutra, or Flower Garland Sutra (known in Japan as the Kegonkyō), in which the ...