A rare piece of the parietal bone of Sakyamuni, the founder of Buddhism, was flown to Hong Kong from east China's Jiangsu province on Wednesday for public worship. The Buddha's remains, or sarira, ...
As the first ray of sun glow touched Drepung Monastery in Lhasa early Thursday, thousands of local worshippers and tourists from afar on the road to the monastery viewed a imposing scene of praying to ...
Dressed in black, a dozen Zen Buddhist practitioners sit on black cushions once a week in Palatine, their arms resting in a circle to harmonize their bodies and minds. Incense burns and a bowl of ...
Milo: Hi, I’m Milo, and I’m a Buddhist. And this is a Buddhist temple. It is home to Buddhist monks and nuns, but anyone is allowed to visit as long as they are respectful. The outside has interesting ...
Among world religions, only Buddhism and Christianity attach a central significance to the role of relics. These two traditions, however, are different in both conceptual and material terms. In ...
A rare piece of the parietal bone of Sakyamuni, the founder of Buddhism, is seen in Qixia Temple, Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu province, before being flown to Hong Kong for public worship, April 25, ...