In cultures where Buddhism is one of the primary religions, such as India and much of southeast Asia, statues of the Buddha can be found in temples, throughout cities and in many homes. In the cities themselves, statues are used as sources of inspiration as well as indicators of the prima...
Chinese started to celebrate the Lantern Festival since the Han Dynasty. It was a time when Buddhism flourished. One emperor ordered to light lanterns in the imperial palace and temples to show respect to Buddha on the fifteenth day of the first luna...
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Today there is no shortage of leads, as everyone is already into “something” be it Alexander, Hinduism, Buddhism, Sufism, Kabbalism, Christianity or Judaism,Yoga, Pilates, Wicca,vegetarianism, World Peace, or schools ofthe Fourth Way, and their plethora of imitators. Fortunately, I don’t...
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In Sukhavati, followers receive precious Dharma teachings from Amitabha Buddha. In his commentary on the Amitabha Sutra, Patriarch Ou-I wrote: “Since there is really nothing outside of this Mind, we have deep certainty that the whole assembly of beings and surroundings in the W...
The religion of Islam is not named after a person or people, nor was it decided by a later generation of man, as in the case of Christianity which was named after Jesus Christ (p), Buddhism after Gautama Buddha, Confucianism after Confucius, Marxism after Karl Marx, Judaism after the ...
Religions affect the lives of its followers greatly because if you're a Muslim you have to pray five times a day, if you're a Jew you can't have any other gods, and if you believe in Buddhism you have to follow the middle path to stop suffering. All these rules you have to follow...
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