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Buddhist new year water festival splashes down in Laos - Xinhua


Buddhist new year water festival splashes down in LaosXinhuaVIENTIANE, April 14 (Xinhua) -- Laos began the Buddhist new year celebrations on Thursday, bringing the country to a standstill for three days of ceremony, parties and water fights during the hottest time of the year. Pi Mai Lao (Lao New Ye ...>

Cambodians Welcome Year of the Rabbit, 2555 - Voice of America


Cambodians Welcome Year of the Rabbit, 2555Voice of AmericaCambodians nationwide rung in the Buddhist year 2555 on Thursday afternoon, ushering in the Year of the Rabbit at 1:12 pm. The age old tradition of the new year celebration follows a Buddhist calendar and is observed in the fifth month, Khe ...>

8-foot, 4.5-ton jade Buddha statue stops in Wichita on world peace tour - The Republic


Kansas.com8-foot, 4.5-ton jade Buddha statue stops in Wichita on world peace tourThe RepublicIt will be displayed at Wichita's oldest Buddhist temple, Phap Hoa Temple, through Tuesday. An opening ceremony is scheduled for Friday afternoon. The statue is carved from a boulder of jade discovered i ...>

‘Stand-off’ at monastery in China - BBC News


Irish Times'Stand-off' at monastery in ChinaBBC NewsBy Michael Bristow BBC News, Beijing There are reports of a stand-off between Chinese security forces and residents outside a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Sichuan province. Local residents were reportedly trying to prevent police from deta ...>

‘Stand-off’ at Buddhist monastery in Sichuan, China - BBC News


Care2.com (blog)'Stand-off' at Buddhist monastery in Sichuan, ChinaBBC NewsThere are reports of a stand-off between Chinese security forces and residents at a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Sichuan province. Local residents were reportedly trying to prevent police from detaining monks ...Expl ...>

Exploring Tibetan Culture Through Monasteries - CRIENGLISH.com


Irish TimesExploring Tibetan Culture Through MonasteriesCRIENGLISH.comJokhang Monastery ( Dazhao Si), located at the center of old Lhasa City, the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region, is the early Buddhist Temple with a history of over 1360 years. The temple, covering an area of over 25000 square ...>

Dr. BR Ambedkar and Buddhism - isikkim


Dr. BR Ambedkar and BuddhismisikkimDr. BRAmbedkar a great scholar, Lawyer and freedom fighter along with hundreds of thousands of Mahar's an untouchable caste, converted to Buddhism and changed the face of Buddhism in India. Dr. Ambedkar's conversion was a symbolic protest to the ...and more ...>

Preservation of Buddhist Sites is Made Priority by the Gujarat Government - ChakraNews.com


ChakraNews.comPreservation of Buddhist Sites is Made Priority by the Gujarat GovernmentChakraNews.comAhmedabad, Gujarat (CHAKRA) – The BJP government of Gujarat has prioritized its efforts to preserve sites that are going to be apart of the Buddhist tourism circuit in the Central Gujarat region. T ...>

Nalasopara stupa to be tourist hotspot soon - Times of India


Nalasopara stupa to be tourist hotspot soonTimes of IndiaMUMBAI: The state, along with the Vasai-Virar municipal corporation is drawing up a proposal to restore and preserve a Buddhist stupa in Nalasopara (W). The stupa, which comes under the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), has been neglected ...>

Religious conversion worst form of ‘intolerance,’ Bhutan PM says - Christian Today — Australia


Religious conversion worst form of 'intolerance,' Bhutan PM saysChristian Today -- Australia“I view conversions very negatively, because conversion is the worst form of intolerance,” Jigmi Yoser Thinley said in his office in the capital of the predominantly Buddhist nation. Christian lea ...>

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