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HYPEBEAST (blog)
February 2, 2018
The artist recently shared multiple Instagram posts depicting tile artworks placed on sacred Buddhist temples and sites in Bhutan. ... by fans, the chief monk at Bhutan's first monastery, Cheri Goemba, apparently gave Invader permission to place the artwork inside the temple as well as surrounding locations.
artnet News
February 1, 2018
I'm proud to have left my trace in that wonderful country.” UPDATE: An assistant for Invader emailed artnet News on Wednesday saying that the “chief” monk at Cheri Goemba gave the artist permission to install the work. He “even asked Invader to put it inside the temple, letting him choose between several ...
EJ Insight
January 30, 2018
Here in Hong Kong, several Buddhist temples have also adopted new technologies. For example, Tsz Shan Monastery has developed a mobile GPS app that serves as an audio guide for visitors touring the temple. The app, which uses the Bluetooth Beacon technology, has won a local technology award ...
Korea Exposé
January 30, 2018
Released last November by the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism, South Korea's largest Buddhist organization, the poster is an unprecedented attempt to ... With recruitment numbers this low, are many of South Korea's iconic temples and monasteries set to become as empty as its royal palaces, devoid of ...
The Diplomat
January 29, 2018
Although 93 percent of the population is Buddhist, Thailand allows the free exercise of other religious beliefs. ... In 1997 and again in 2007, a group of Buddhists campaigned for Buddhism to become the official state religion. ... In early 2017, the government cracked down on the Dhammakaya Temple.
Daily Democrat
January 29, 2018
Enhance spiritual growth and understanding of Buddhism at the American Buddhist Seminary in West Sacramento. Established in 1992, this seminary was founded by Venerable Madawala Seelawimala with help from a small Bay Area group of committed Buddhists and several senior Buddhist monks ...
Quartz
January 28, 2018
In East Asia, Buddhists celebrate the Buddha's death and entrance into final enlightenment in February. But at my local Zen temple in North Carolina, the Buddha's enlightenment is commemorated during the holiday season of December, with a short talk for the children, a candlelight service, and a potluck ...
Kotaku
January 25, 2018
... or “hakenkreuz,” which is German for swastika. The Nazi swastika often is tilted, but not always; however, Japanese Buddhism uses both left and right-facing manji. The left-facing horizontal manji is used to mark Buddhist temples. In the past, there have also been other variations in Japan used as crests.
Sarasota
January 25, 2018
Like a lot of kids who came of age in the '90s, I passed through a shallow Buddhist phase. I was listening to Beastie Boys records (rapper Adam Yauch was a practicing Buddhist who organized a series of high-profile Tibetan Freedom Concerts) and I was reading Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg, Beat ...
Hawaii News Now
January 24, 2018
Tucked away in the lush Valley of the Temples at the foot of the Koolau Mountains, the Byodo-In Temple stands as more than just a beautiful landmark: It represents a cultural and historic moment when the ... The stamp depicts a colorful illustration of the Byodo-In, a Buddhist temple that was built in 1968.
East Asia Forum
January 24, 2018
A Buddhist monk prays at Wat Benchamabophit (Marble Temple) in Bangkok, Thailand, While the 2017 constitution still supports Buddhism ... In 1997 and again in 2007, a group of Buddhists campaigned for Buddhism to become the official state religion. The constitutional drafters rejected such requests for ...
Xinhua
January 24, 2018
24 (Xinhua) -- Buddhist temples across China gave out free porridge Wednesday to celebrate the Laba Festival. "Laba" literally means the ... Monks at Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang Province, prepared 300,000 servings of Laba porridge, using 50 tonnes of ingredients. More than 200 ...
Tibet Post International
January 24, 2018
Nowadays, wherever in the world there are Chinese, they set up a Buddhist temple, which shows how close Buddhism is to the Chinese heart—it is China's traditional ... A university survey some years ago found evidence of 300 million Buddhists in China, which friends tell me has grown to 400 million.
Santa Cruz Sentinel
January 23, 2018
The Watsonville Buddhist Temple will host its annual “All-You-Can-Eat” udon feed from 4-7 p.m. Feb. 3 at the temple, 423 Bridge St. Price for the udon is $10. Also available for sale will be chirashi (a Japanese rice dish), desserts and beverages. Questions: Call 831-724-7860 from 9:30 am to noon Tuesday ...
SBS
January 22, 2018
In the pre-dawn hours of this coming Wednesday, devotees will gather in the dark kitchen of Nan Tien in Wollongong, the largest Buddhist temple in the Southern Hemisphere, to make congee. Chinese Mahayana Buddhist temples across Australia will hand out this special congee on the day, a tradition of ...
Channel NewsAsia
January 21, 2018
Myanmar and Thai Buddhist monks participate in an alms offering ceremony in Mandalay on January 21, 2018. ... from Myanmar and there were also thousands of local lay people attending along with about 100 monks and other Buddhists from Thailand and Sri Lanka, according to Dhammakaya temple.
Bangkok Post
January 21, 2018
The artists depicted the story of Buddhism and important Buddhist sites around the world on the silver plates to decorate the walls of the main hall. Wat Sri Suphan's main hall is the first Lanna-style temple building made from pure silver. Even though the temple is open to the public, Lanna tradition forbids ...
The Hindu
January 20, 2018
The local police's search operation led to the recovery of two cane bombs, one near Gate Number 4 of the Mahabodhi temple and another near the Sri Lankan monastery. The Dalai Lama had finished his religious discourse and retired for the day when the blast was heard. Thousands of Buddhist pilgrims ...
Lion's Roar
January 20, 2018
Ireland's first Tibetan Buddhist temple will open in 2019 in rural West Cork at an estimated total cost of €3.5 million. In 2008, the Dzogchen Beara Buddhist Meditation Centre began plans to build a temple in the traditional Tibetan style. The community hopes it will be a place to cultivate peace and happiness ...
Pensacola News Journal
January 19, 2018
So you already ditched the diet you set for the New Year. You're actually smoking more, even though you resolved to quit. Don't fret about already abandoned New Year's resolutions. You'll get two more chances, courtesy of our Asian-American neighbors. First up is the Japan-American Society of ...
Irish Times
January 19, 2018
Successfully navigate your way through Castletownbere heading west for Allihies along the R572 and eventually on an incline you'll see the huge colourful flags fluttering on your left. Continue on down the narrow boreen until you eventually come to a gathering of small buildings and the Dzogchen Beara ...
Stripes Okinawa
January 17, 2018
Thai King Tilokarat, currently entombed in Wat Jet Yod, built this temple complex in 1477 to host the Eighth World Buddhist Council. The complex, which is based on an Indian design, is unlike any other in Chiang Mai. The grounds of the temple are tranquil and spacious, shaded by many old trees in case ...
Firstpost
January 17, 2018
... ethnic Rakhine Buddhists as they tried to seize a government office, in unrest that left seven dead and injured around a dozen more, police said. Several thousand Buddhist protesters had gathered on Tuesday for a ceremony in Mrauk U, an ancient temple complex that has so far remained unscathed by ...
Architecture and Design
January 17, 2018
The Nan Tien Education and Cultural Centre is a tertiary facility and art gallery based in Wollongong, and opposite the Nan Tien Temple, the largest Buddhist temple in the southern hemisphere. In a nod to the Budhist philosophies of reincarnnation and charity, the new building sits on the former site of an ...
The Independent
January 17, 2018
Myanmar police shoot dead seven Buddhist demonstrators and injure 12 as celebration in Rakhine turns violent ... regional MP from Mrauk U, said some of the critically injured protesters were taken to the state capital of Sittwe, a three-hour drive south of the ancient town studded with Buddhist temples.
The Guardian
January 16, 2018
I had a lot of romanticised ideas about what I'd find during my first visit to the Kingdom of Bhutan but none of them included such a magnificent palace. This is a night view of Tashichho Dzong, the fortress in the capital Thimphu, seat of both the government and the monarchy. • Follow Conor MacNeill on ...
Economic Times
January 14, 2018
Bangkok's Old City — home to a glittering array of temples and palaces — is where we begin our temple trail. We walk through the Wat Pra Kaew (or the Temple of the Emerald Buddha) guarded guarded by a pair of fire-spewing, 16-ft-tall concrete yakshis. If ever there was a time for egos to melt in the face ...
Times of India
January 9, 2018
Rashtrakuta king Krishna-3 ruled between 939 and 967 AD and installed the inscription. "During the last of the Rashtrakutas, the kingdom was in trouble and there was no protection for Jain and Buddhist temples. Subsequently, it was converted into a temple for Shiva. There is enough evidence to indicate ...
Xinhua
January 9, 2018
DHAKA, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- Every day, hundreds of local and foreign tourists visit an archaeological site with unique architectural features which a joint team of archaeologists from Bangladesh and China have unearthed. The site contains the remains of a Buddhist town and temple at Nateshwar, the present ...
Bangkok Post
January 9, 2018
The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has brought charges against former National Office of Buddhism (NOB) chief Phanom Sornsilp and eight other ex-officials for graft in connection with a temple fund embezzlement scandal. The alleged malfeasance concerns Choltarawas temple in ...
The Straits Times
January 7, 2018
I am here on a five-day trek on the famous Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage trail. Mine is a condensed version as the full journey would encompass 88 Buddhist temples with trails that connect to a network running 1,200km - and would take more than a month to complete. Pilgrims or trekkers have to negotiate ...
The Indian Express
January 6, 2018
Slowly, the Buddhist stupas of Katas Raj appeared on the horizon, miles before the rest of the Hindu-Buddhist temple complex. The very first sight of the stupas excited me. Emperor Ashoka had apparently seen them. Buddhist monks and travelers from ancient China had paid their respects. Al Biruni, the ...
The Guardian
January 6, 2018
'A monk's day begins with cleaning,” says Shoukei Matsumoto, a Buddhist monk at the Komyoji Temple in Kamiyacho, Tokyo. “We do it to eliminate the gloom in our hearts.” This slim guide, elegantly translated by Ian Samhammer and peppered with delightful illustrations by Kikue Tamura, shows how to ...
East Bay Times
January 4, 2018
Rev. Joshin Dennis Fujimoto is the new resident minister of the Buddhist Temple of Alameda, succeeding longtime minister Rev. Zuikei Taniguchi, who ... here and I'm enjoying exploring a lot of the history in Alameda,” he said, also adding that in a way, there's a “comfort in the similarities between temples.
Asahi Shimbun
December 30, 2017
NARA--Buddhist statues at Yakushiji temple here got their annual end-of-year cleaning Dec. 29. The temple's priests were joined by 150 or so worshipers in the main hall of the temple for the ritual, called “Ominugui” (literally, “wiping bodies”). The hall enshrines the three Yakushi-Sanzon statues.
NEagle
December 28, 2017
The former Fernwod Hotel and Conference Center in Bushkill, seen here on December 19, 2017, was recently sold to a Buddhist temple group for a combined ... The Jinyin Temple of Sino Esoteric Buddhism, Inc. paid $2.55 million for the former resort in Bushkill, Pike and Monroe County tax records show.
The Spokesman-Review
December 27, 2017
You'll have an opportunity to literally ring out the old year Sunday evening at Spokane Buddhist Temple. Everyone attending the temple's annual Joya-E Celebration, which begins at 7 p.m., rings the large Japanese Kansho bell during the service. Traditionally, the bell is rung 108 times during the New ...
Santa Cruz Sentinel
December 19, 2017
Watsonville Buddhist Temple will sponsor a new six-week series on Buddhism around the world 7-8:30 p.m. Mondays starting Jan. 8 through Feb. 12 at 423 Bridge St. Classes will be taught by the Rev. Jay Shinseki, resident minister serving Watsonville and Monterey Buddhist temples. Shinseki is a ...
Pocono Record
December 19, 2017
BUSHKILL — Fernwood Hotel has been sold to a Buddhist temple group. The Jinyin Temple of Sino Esoteric Buddhism, Inc. paid $2.55 million for the former resort in Bushkill, Pike and Monroe County tax records show. “It's going to be a world peace center,” said Judy Acosta, zoning administrator for Middle ...
Daily Democrat
December 31, 1999
Enhance spiritual growth and understanding of Buddhism at the American Buddhist Seminary in West Sacramento. Established in 1992, this seminary was founded by Venerable Madawala Seelawimala with help from a small Bay Area group of committed Buddhists and several senior Buddhist monks ...
The Conversation US
December 31, 1999
In East Asia, Buddhists celebrate the Buddha's death and entrance into final enlightenment in February. But at my local Zen temple in North Carolina, the Buddha's enlightenment is commemorated during the holiday season of December, with a short talk for the children, a candlelight service and a potluck ...
Santa Cruz Sentinel
December 19, 2017
Registration is $50 and temple members receive a discount. Classes will be taught by the Rev. Jay Shinseki, resident minister serving Watsonville and Monterey Buddhist temples. Shinseki is a graduate of Cal State Monterey Bay, Institute of Buddhist Studies in Berkeley and Central College of Buddhism in ...
Bangkok Post
December 19, 2017
The National Anti-Corruption Commission found on Tuesday that senior officials of the National Office of Buddhism embezzled funds allocated to the ... According to Mr Worawit, in 2014 Ms Pranom, who was then director of NOB's Buddhist Monastery Division, contacted the management of the temple in ...
GBTIMES
December 18, 2017
Three 3D-printed reproductions of Buddhist statues located in ancient Chinese Buddhist temple grottoes in northwestern China are being displayed in the eastern coastal city of Qingdao, reports Chinese news media China News. They are exact replicas of the statues located at the Yungang Grottoes, which ...
Tricycle
December 18, 2017
BH: There was water in some streets around the temple, but the temple was not flooded. Families or individuals who were flooded were allowed to stay in the temple's smaller rooms. During that first week we started a temporary childcare center for the families who had no electricity or had to take care of the ...
South China Morning Post
December 18, 2017
“I knocked on the door of Gesshinji, a temple in Kyoto, and the nun, Myodoni Murase, let me learn shojin cuisine from her for three years. She was very strict. The temple was very traditional – there was no electricity, no air conditioner, and we used charcoal to cook. We had a mother-son kind of relationship.
The Hindu
December 17, 2017
On the nearby slopes along the coast, Buddhist temples — solid wooden structures that stand in harmony with their green surroundings — are quickly ... 10 Buddhist monks to spread the word about Mahayana Buddhism,” Master Manndang, the abbot of the famous Bulgapsa temple in Yeonggwang, told ...
Argus Press
December 14, 2017
WOODHULL TWP. — Looking out the window toward acres of forest, covered in a freshly fallen snow, Ajahn Khemasanto enjoyed a quiet and content Saturday morning. But the peacefulness of the day had little to do with his surroundings or the weather. Ajahn — a title that means teacher in Thai — is the ...
Global Times
December 14, 2017
An abbot of a Buddhist temple has been arrested for murder after police said DNA evidence confirmed him as the killer of his wife's suspected lover in North ... He was arrested in November outside the Xiyin Temple by local police in Fujian Province, where for more than two decades he secretly sought ...
LGBTQ Nation
December 12, 2017
The Dasilvas were arrested at the airport as they were leaving Thailand two weeks ago when police found a picture of them in front of the Temple of the Dawn, a Buddhist temple that the Thai government called “respected” in a statement. They could have received a jail sentence of several years, but they ...
