Tag: #buddhism
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Kathmandu’s religious opulence
Newa community worship idols in exuberant pageantry, even though the Buddha preached humility and frugality
A million mantras in Mustang
Monks attend the Lo Monlam Chenmo prayer vigil dedicated to the birth and enlightenment of the Buddha
Bedrock of Buddhism
Restoring Itumbaha also saves the Valley’s intangible monastic heritage
The good doctor
Pheriche Aid Post where David Shlim lived in 1979 where it was just part of seasonal yak pastures, managed by the Himalayan Rescue AssociationMy…
An anchor to Cambodia’s past
The inner courtyard of the National Museum of Cambodia in Phnom Penh. The statue of Yama – a replica – can be made out under the pavilion at the…
On nature and human nature
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche teaches us the art of understanding ourselves through wisdom, compassion and balance
Being good is not easy
A gory battle scene from the Mahabharata depicted in a Nepali painting from the 1800s. Photo: harekrsna.com Even eleven years after it was first…
Being good is not easy
A gory battle scene from the Mahabharata depicted in a Nepali painting from the 1800s. Photo: harekrsna.com Even eleven years after it was first…
Where Siddhartha Gautam walked
Kapilvastu-Tilaurakot is 2,700 years old, and is the most well preserved archaeological site in South Asia
Hindu gods in Bangkok’s malls
Thai devotees at Laxmi temple. All photos: MOONTAE JEONGAt the corner of Ratchaprasong intersection in Bangkok’s noisy and traffic-clogged…
The Hindu gods of Buddhist Thailand
Brahma at the Erawan Shrine, which is dedicated to the Hindu god Brahma, the creator. If people are in deep anguish, Erawan Shrine is where they…
Tengboche abbott’s last wish
The Tengboche Monastery's gate wore a deserted look last week because of the Covid-19 crisis brought trekking nearly to a halt.Anxiety caused by…
Drone view of Lumbini’s monsoon greenery
All photos: SAGAR PANDEYThe birthplace of the Buddha was relatively neglected until Burmese Buddhist Secretary-General of the United Nations, U…
Samyak Mahadan
All photos: MONIKA DEUPALASamyak Mahadan as the name suggests is an almsgiving Newa Buddhist festival held once in every five years in Patan.…
Lumbini Museum exhibition in Burma
President Bidya Devi Bhandari concluded her four-day state visit to Burma on 19 October by inaugurating an exhibition on Lumbini, a UNESCO World…
God and Superman
Photo: TARAGAON MESUEMSurrounded by overwhelmingly large ‘Sale’ signs is a tiny object in a large hall. Ang Tsherin Sherpa’s golden statue of a…
Buddha Jayanti
2,563rd Buddha Jayanti on 18 May is being celebrated throughout the country with peace rallies, donation campaigns and meditation programs. The…
The right path
Photo: KUNDA DIXITIt is easy to be disappointed by Lumbini. Scruffy, dusty and unbearably hot this time of year, it looks from the outside like…
U Thant, Kenzō Tange and the Buddha's birthplace
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBmGxGmpg8E&feature=youtu.beWhen the Burmese Buddhist Secretary-General of the United Nations, U Thant, visited…
The Buddha was born in Lumbini
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k1Yv6mNZ_wAs the birthplace of the Buddha, Lumbini is among the four holy sites that pilgrims from the world…
New Newa art
Sewa BhattaraiBodhisattva gallery has been active in documenting and preserving Kathmandu Valley’s traditional art, and is now back with its…
The stupa of a million dewdrops
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW60CnUgR-IThree elderly people look up with wonder and reverence, palms pressed together at the Boudhanath…
A temple by another name
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=iW60CnUgR-IUntil a few decades ago, the white dome of Boudha capped with its gilded tower and…
The Chinese are coming
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-sFnHEoH5U&t=63sAsk a person in China about Nepal, and the answer is mostly that it is a happy Himalayan…