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Sitting opposite me in a small teak pavilion, the saffron-robed monk, known as Sone ... He brought me prayer beads to count as a way to “give work” to my mind, and introduced me to walking ...

A Buddhist monk has been mauled to death by his own pet pit bull, which launched a brutal attack on the man's face. Phra Bandit Bootsen was feeding the one-year-old pup named Jord, when it latched ...

According to Garnayak, the latest excavation aims at unearthing the partially visible structures and sculptures “and to find out if any shrine complex/chaitya complex — a sacred Buddhist assembly or ...

Work on the temple precincts is believed to have begun in 827 under the guidance of the Buddhist monk Jichie, Kūkai’s great disciple, and Shinjō, one of Jichie’s followers. According to the ...

Who is Barkha Madan? Former actress who has now turned Buddhist monk Barkha Madan has itched the curious bones of social media users with her transformation. The actress, who is now going by the name, ...

Barkha Madan, formerly a model, beauty queen, and actress, has transformed, now living as ‘Gyalten Samten’ after embracing life as a Buddhist monk. Bollywood stars stepping away from the limelight to ...

However, her true calling came in 2012 when she decided to embrace Buddhism, influenced by her lifelong admiration for the Dalai Lama. She became a monk and took the name Gyalten Samten. Now, she ...

Barkha Madan, who competed alongside Aishwarya Rai and Sushmita Sen in Miss India, made her Bollywood debut in Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi with Akshay Kumar, and quit acting to become a Buddhist monk in ...