In Yangon, spirituality isn't confined to temples; it permeates every aspect of life, where art serves as a bridge between the material and the divine. It's a city where the past dances with the present, where golden pagodas touch the heavens, and where the artistry of existence is waiti...
this is not the case with Buddhism. In fact, Buddhist worship is typically called "practice" or "meditation" to describe the inward -- rather than godly -- focus of rituals. However, the use
YANGON —As chairman of the Yangon Heritage Trust, U Thant Myint-U seeks to preserve the architectural legacy of the city’s long history, including its many fine colonial-era buildings and its magnificent ancient pagodas. But for the US-born, Cambridge-educated historian and author of two ...