The hills of Udaygiri and Ratnagiri in Odisha’s Jajpur district continue to reverberate with the chants of ‘Buddham Saranam Gacchami’ (I take refuge in the Buddha) as over 1,000 monks and followers ...
A wild elephant climbed a set of stairs and wandered over to Buddhist monks chanting their morning prayers in a temple cave. The jumbo ascended the steps that led to Wat Tham Sarika temple at the top, ...
A prayerbook brought from the Mountaintop of the Giants to the Lands Between, the Fire Monk’s Prayerbook contains the heretical incantations in the Elden Ring. It was banned because it contained ...
Several Buddhist monks are creating compassion sand mandalas ... Anne Walter, the center's director, says the mandalas are intended to pray for world peace and offer compassion to those suffering ...