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A Buddhist monk lights candles to commemorate Visakha Bucha Day or Vesak Day. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)

How come many Buddhist monks do what Lord Buddha renounced?

December 2, 2021
by Tulip Naksompop Blauw
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One possible answer to that question is that the founder of Buddhism had been “there” before his enlightenment, enjoying wealth, power, status, and all kinds of other worldly pleasures including…

COVID infections among attendees of Buddhist ceremonies under watch

November 8, 2021
by Mintra Adair
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Thailand’s Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) has expressed concern over new COVID-19 infections among people attending Kathin ceremonies, to present saffron robes to monks in temples, and has advised…

An ethnic Tamil woman prays holding a tray of oil lamps during Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Diwali marked in Asia with celebrations, prayers

November 5, 2021
by Hathai Techakitteranun
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NEW DELHI (AP) — Millions of people across Asia are celebrating the Hindu festival of Diwali, which symbolizes new beginnings and the triumph of good over evil and light over…

Controversial Buddhist preacher Phra Maha Praiwan to leave monkhood

October 30, 2021
by Nad Bunnag
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One of two controversial monks, Phra Maha Praiwan Worawano, well known for unorthodox preaching, has announced his intention to leave the monkhood after his teacher and mentor, Phra Ratchapanya Suthee,…

The ‘Click to Pray’ app, a smartphone app designed to allow the faithful to pray with a click, is displayed on a mobile phone, in this illustration picture taken in Rome, Italy, October 19, 2021. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane/Illustration

Click to Pray 2.0 – Vatican app gets up close and personal with God

October 20, 2021
by Hathai Techakitteranun
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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The Vatican on Tuesday rolled out its latest “Click to Pray“ app, offering a personal planner among new functions for what it hopes will be an improved digital “praying experience” in a fast-paced world….

The white Mayadevi temple where Gautama Buddha was born in Lumbini on Vesak full moon day.

COVID-19: We need a vaccine for the mind

May 4, 2020
by Nad Bunnag
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SYDNEY (IDN) – Today the global media reports daily about the race to develop a vaccine against COVID-19, but what they fail to understand is that this vaccine may not…

Monk Who Predicted Thai Cave Rescue Hailed for ‘Intervention’

July 4, 2018
by administrator
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YANGON — Monday night’s successful location of a youth soccer team and their coach who had been missing in a flooded cave complex in northern Thailand has put the spotlight…

How come many Buddhist monks do what Lord Buddha renounced?

COVID infections among attendees of Buddhist ceremonies under watch

Diwali marked in Asia with celebrations, prayers

Controversial Buddhist preacher Phra Maha Praiwan to leave monkhood

Click to Pray 2.0 – Vatican app gets up close and personal with God

COVID-19: We need a vaccine for the mind

Monk Who Predicted Thai Cave Rescue Hailed for ‘Intervention’

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