First, though, some vocabulary. Many religious communities, including Anglicans and Buddhists, have nuns, but in this article, we'll discuss Catholic nuns -- as that's what most people tend to think of when they hear the word "nun." Interestingly, though, not every Catholic woman who take...
Tibetan Buddhists may opt for a sky burial, in which one's remains are left exposed to be consumed by vultures. Some people plan to be cremated when they die while others may find the thought of destroying their body by fire -- even after they're dead -- to be disturbing. Some ...
I flew from Kathmandu to Lhasa, spent four days in the Tibetan capital before moving on to Gyantse, Shigatse, Rombuk and Everest Base Camp Tibet for the final highlight. An overnight stay in the border town of Kyirong was the last
Tibetan Buddhists may opt for a sky burial, in which one's remains are left exposed to be consumed by vultures. Some people plan to be cremated when they die while others may find the thought of destroying their body by fire -- even after they're dead -- to be disturbing. Some ...
Ask them to pray with you to pray for you. Modeling sincerity with your child and with others is an example your kids can glean from. We recently released a Bible study just for kids that helps correct some bad habits. TheKeep Quiet Challenge for Kidsfocuses on areas that children tend ...
Mahāyāna Buddhists use similar sacred objects, but they also pray to a whole pantheon of buddhas and bodhisattvas—another class of enlightened beings—for protection. In Japan, for example, Buddhist organizations have been conductingexpulsion ritesthat call on Buddhist deities to help rid the land...
To Taoists (believer) and Buddhists (Buddhist), these evil spirits are not to be taken lightly. They are most active at night and can take many forms including: snakes, moths (moth), birds, foxes, wolves, and tigers. They can even appear as beautiful men or women to seduce the living...
This is also confirmed in the Dharmagupta-vinaya, where Buddha is asked whether it is proper to “recite spells from talismanic scriptures by non-Buddhists securing the auspiciousness and inauspiciousness of the home” (誦外道安置舍宅吉凶符書呪; Sìfēn lǜ 四分律; T. 22, No. 1428, p. ...
(since they are our guides, not our masters), but in the resources offered by the Stoic philosophical system as a whole. This approach is not unusual, being the same sort of exercise that modern Buddhists, say, or Christians, or Jews, engage in whenever looking at their own tradition for...
aAccording to the 2001 census, out of the total population of 1,028 million in the Country, Hindus constituted the majority with 80.5%, Muslims came second at 13.4%, followed by Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, and others. 根据2001年人口调查,在总人口1,028百万外面在国家, Hindus构成了...