My life has changed drastically since I adopted an interest in Buddhist philosophy. A significant part of the peace, determination, and happiness I feel today can be traced back to the ...

A Buddhist deity and a bodhisattva, Marichi is seen as a remover of darkness, obstacles and evil, as symbolised in her association with light, the sun and various weapons. She has been commonly ...

In it, the mother of Jesus is portrayed as the Kannon bodhisattva, a Buddhist deity. Tetsujo Suda, chief monk of Tenyuji, conceived of the artwork featuring not only his own faith but also ...

Since the time of the early Buddhist kings, Tibet has enjoyed a rich history of philosophical enquiry and carries this heritage forth today. Buddhism is a "wisdom tradition," meaning that it is based ...

clearly 25 centuries ago the Buddha was onto something. From the outside some people think that meditation looks like prayer. Prayer is about petitioning a higher power, usually a deity and ...

Lalitpur (Nepal), Oct 13 (ANI): These artists have been spending months preparing the painting of the Buddhist tantric deity Chakrasamvara, the last wish of Nepal's famed historian and Yuga Purush ...

For example, the Tantric Buddhist deities of Avalokahiteswara and Tara are quite identical to Shiva and Devi, venerated by the Hindus. In Ladakh, where Tantric Buddhism is prevalent, there are ...

Chanting is not like hymns sung to worship God (for example ... state on their own path towards enlightenment. The different Buddhist traditions all have their own mantras. One of the most ...

Three simple statues sit on an altar at the far end, and a framed painting of Buddhist deities rests against one wall. Sinheungsa Temple is the largest of two major Buddhist temples within ...

[Photo provided to China Daily] With their heads removed and bodies broken into pieces to be sold around the world, Buddhist statues taken from sacred grottoes in North China are being made whole ...