The Longshan Buddhist Temple is one of the oldest temples in Taipei.
In Tantric Buddhist iconography, the battle axe is held by ferocious deilies to symbolize severance of this worldly attachment.
In the Buddhist tradition the monks and yogis are able to be so disciplined because they have something called Bodhicitta.
Earlier this year, after a visit to Sri Lanka's holiest Buddhist site, Sri Dalada Maligawa, General Fonseka promised to “annihilate” the Tigers.
Surprisingly, during the so-called Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) in China when Buddhist services were banned and the sound of wooden fish was no longer heard, snakes of various kinds reappeared on the island.
In most Buddhist traditions, he is considered the Supreme Buddha.
A Buddhist proverb says that when the student is ready the teacher appears.
Menri Trizan sports it today with his crimson robes: a memory stick, containing hundreds of pages of Buddhist scriptures.
The translation of Buddhist sutras promotes the prevalence and development of Buddhism in China and brings great influence to Chinese culture.
The Buddhist monk disrooted a tree.
Mahinda, from Hambantota, represents the rural south, the Buddhist provincial bourgeoisie, rather than the urban elite.
Emei Mountain Located in the southwest of Emei County, Sichuan Province, the Emei Mountain is one of the four Buddhist Shrines.
Fighting alongside the SPDC are soldiers ostensibly belonging to a rival Karen militia, the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) -a loose coalition of KNU defectors, drug-runners and freelance thugs.
She was a devout Buddhist, and spent money lavishly on the construction of temples.
Precious sutras and other cultural relics in Huacheng and other temples include Palmleaf Manuscript of Buddhist Sutras presented by Emperor Shenzong of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).
After all, China is traditionally a Buddhist country.
The inflatable plastic container looks like a red "castle" with elements of Suzhou gardens, Buddhist temples, European porches and columns.
TAWANG, India - This is perhaps the most militarized Buddhist enclave in the world.
"One day as the Stone was brooding over its fate, it saw approaching from the distance a Buddhist monk and Taoist priest, both of striking demeanour and distinguished appearance. They came up to the Stone and sat down to chat."
The art forms of the Tibetan Buddhist sculpture vary widely as there are the stone inscription, the woodcarving, the bronze sculpture, and the clay sculpture.
What he sees there is a Buddhist.
Tea churn even more powerful, more mellow ray curl more intoxicating scent rising, spread out in the Buddhist temple.
Tibetan Buddhist arts converys Buddhist doctrine according to its unique modelling,leads the broad believers by the good and honest temptation and threatens the various ”mental magic” by the vice intimidation.
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