Gere's wooden beaded bracelet, which he's been wearing throughout his latest press tour, holds a religious significance Richard Gere sticks to the classics when it comes to his fashion. He'll ...

It is 15 degrees Celsius outside, and the crisp air carries the faint scent of incense. A short drive through the vibrant ...

It was, and is, essentially a tallying device, known in Buddhism, Hinduism and Islam ... Around the year 1500 we find two major types of "rosaries": a) Prayer chains with fifty beads/pearls ...

But Buddhism played a major role in a fall of the centre of the Islamic Empire. History often speaks of the continuous rise of Islam with the arrival of Prophet Muhammad in the 7th century.

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Kūkai (Kōbō Daishi), the founder of the Shingon school of esoteric Buddhism, is said to have carved the image as a talisman against misfortune. Work on the temple precincts is believed to have ...

I had come to Thailand to heal. Last November, a few days after my 37th birthday, I had a hysterectomy. Just two months earlier, phrases such as “not responding to treatment” were being bandied around ...

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Welcome to Religions of the World. Buddhism: The Religion of Buddhists. Buddhism is about 2,500 years old and people who follow Buddhism are called Buddhists. Buddhists follow the teachings of a ...

Dhamma means 'to uphold', and therefore it is central to Buddhist belief as it 'holds up' the religion and Buddhists may also believe that it upholds the natural order of the universe. Dhamma is ...

YANGON, Jan 7 — More than a hundred shaven-headed men pour out of their Yangon hostel around 6 am for a day of weightlifting, karate drills, dancing and Buddhist prayer — drug rehabilitation, Myanmar ...