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The first Kalachakra instructions delivered by the 11th Panchen Lama Bainqen Erdini Qoigyijabu have formally begun, with some 40 monks beginning a closed-door observance Thursday morning.
Myanmar's government-formed State Sangha Maha Nayaka (Monks') Committee (SSMNC) has announced that there exists only one Sangha (monks) organization within the country, according to the Monks' Organization Charter.
Thai people frequently go to Buddhist temples to seek spiritual healing and hold ceremonial events.The sentiment is stronger in Thailand’s local areas, where temples have become a central facility for communities.
It is not often you see a monk performing a headlock, much less on a soldier. But that's exactly what happened last week, when soldiers confronted monks who had gathered in a Buddhist park to pressure the Thai military government to speed up their appointment of the most senior monk in the kingdom.
Buddhist monks scuffled with soldiers yesterday as thousands of orange-robed clergy met at a seminar to support the front runner for the post of Thailand's Supreme Patriarch.
The Buddhists in Cambodia on Tuesday celebrated traditional Pchum Ben, or honoring-the-dead festival, which is the kingdom's second largest celebrations after lunar New Year.
On the snowy mountains of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, it has become common for flocks of bharals to deny their shy nature by carrying on roaming when saffron-robed figures come close. It speaks volumes about how comfortable the endangered animals have become with the monks who have taken to protecting them.
Not many people in China choose to live as monks, but a Buddhist temple's program to recruit short-term monks has generated enormous interest among the country's urban residents.
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