“We are cheating ourselves when we run away from the ambiguity of loneliness.”. “You are born alone ... In Buddhism, all suffering is a form of resistance to reality, a form of attachment to desires and ideas about how the world should be ... .
A rare visit to a Khmer temple on Thailand and Cambodia’s border showed how deadly clashes between the two countries have scarred a heritage site ... .
Decades after Simone de Beauvoir’s proclamation about atheism and the ultimate frontier of hope, Chödrön points out that at the heart of Buddhism’s approach is not the escapism of religion but the realism of secular philosophy.
Before her were tooth and finger bone relics believed to belong to Shakyamuni Buddha, the founder of Buddhism who is said to have attained enlightenment in India about 2,500 years ago.
One of the things I have learned in my more than seven decades of life is that everything has its opposite. For instance, you wouldn’t know up if there was not also a down. You wouldn’t know warmth without cold. Darkness reveals the light ... They are us ... .
Dance culture faces barriers in Taiwan, with frequent raids on nightclubs. But TempleMeltdown is trying a different tack, with sound systems overseen by gods ... to him, the marriage of underground music to these spaces felt like a natural next step ... ....
Tilaurakot archaeological site in Nepal. Credit. Rajesh Dhungana / / CC BY-SA 4.0 ... The discovery, made at Tilaurakot near Lumbini, suggests the site was once a major center of worship during the early centuries of Buddhism ... ....
A section of the powerful Buddhist clergy in Sri Lanka has criticised the government over what they termed an 'organised campaign being run by vested interests to sully Buddhism', the majority religion, and monks.
The constitution of the island nation of around 22 million people states that Buddhism is the state religion, though freedom of religion is protected by law. The charter also states that the government has an obligation to protect and foster Buddhism.