Why this Japanese sculptor is putting Buddha statues on drones
In Kyoto, Yozan Miura says he is using today’s technology to achieve the same goal as artists from centuries past: to bring ...
On Bodhi Day, Buddhists commemorate Siddhartha Gautama’s enlightenment by lighting lamps to combat darkness
In the Theravada form of Buddhism followed in Southeast Asia, Gautama’s enlightenment is commemorated along with his birth ...
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5 - Reclining Buddhas and Restless Missionaries: Narai of Ayutthaya and the Encounter with Christianity, 1660–1690
Chapter 5 turns to attempts by French missionaries and envoys to convert the ruler of the most powerful state in Southeast Asia, King Narai of Ayutthaya, in the 1680s. It first lays out the setting ...
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What Buddhism can teach in this moment of deep divisions: No person is ‘evil,’ only ‘mistaken’
A lesson from Buddhism seems particularly apt in this moment of enemyship: Treat the people you disagree with as mistaken rather than evil. There is a profound optimism at the heart of most ...
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The marble 'living Buddhas' trapped by Myanmar's civil war
Sculptor Aung Naing Lin has spent decades carving Buddha statues to help guide ... with a population of 1.5 million. In a time of both misinformation and too much information, quality journalism ...
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The marble 'living Buddhas' trapped by Myanmar's civil war
In recent months, opponents of the military have advanced with rocket and drone attacks on Mandalay -- the country's second-biggest city, with a population of 1.5 million. The rebels have also ...
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The marble 'living Buddhas' trapped by Myanmar's civil war
MANDALAY: Sculptor Aung Naing Lin has spent decades carving Buddha statues to help guide ... with a population of 1.5 million. The rebels have also seized the hillside quarries that have for ...
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The marble 'living Buddhas' trapped by Myanmar's civil war
Sculptor Aung Naing Lin has spent decades carving Buddha statues to help guide Myanmar's faithful -- but getting the marble he needs from rebel-held quarries in the midst of civil war is now a ...