and the population is almost exclusively Buddhist. The first story ('A Laywoman’s Burial') is based on a funeral and the follow-up rituals taking place near where I stayed and the lay people involved ...

Mahayana close Mahayana buddhismMeaning ‘Great Vehicle’; primarily follows the Bodhisattva path to enlightenment; in regions North of the Buddha’s birthplace. traditions include confessing ...

In meditation, Buddhists imagine the Buddha as a way of understanding Buddhist teachings. Tibetan Buddhists often use visualisation in meditation with the aim of imagining the Buddha so that they ...

In sermons, monks exhorted their audiences to make nationalist vows to protect their nation, country, and Buddhism. The aim of this article is to investigate some ritual, discursive, and performative ...

The following article of our “Wikipedia Religious Un-Reliable Sources” series focuses on Buddhism as an example of how ...

Monks participate in a Buddhist ritual at a temple in northwest Seoul on Oct. 20, 2024. (Yonhap) (END) [We Welcome Your News ...