Neatorama Posts Tagged "buddhism"
The Golden Rock Temple...

(Photo: Jason Eppink)According to legend, the Buddha gave a hermit a single strand of his own hair, which was made of gold. The hermit gave it to a local king named Tissa. In exchange, King Tissa used his magic to pull a...

https://www.neatorama.com/2016/07/02/The-Golden-Rock-Temple/
Seas within Whales Represent Buddhist Realms...

(Photo: @muzintansaki)Isana Yamada is a graduate student in design at the Tokyo University for the Arts. For his graduation project, Rocket News 24 reports, he composed sculptures of 6 whales that float through space, co...

https://www.neatorama.com/2016/02/04/Seas-within-Whales-Represent-Buddhist-Realms/
CT Scan Reveals That Statue of the Buddha Is Actually a Mummy...

(Photo: M. Elsevier Stokmans)It looks like a statue of the Buddha. It is, in a way. But inside, there are the mummified remains of a human body. Tradition holds that they are a Buddhist monk who lived around the year 110...

https://www.neatorama.com/2015/02/20/CT-Scan-Reveals-That-Statue-of-the-Buddha-Is-Actually-a-Mummy/
Buddhist Monks Playing Quidditch...

Quidditch is a sport in the Harry Potter universe....  ...erious trouble with Thailand's National Office of Buddhism . The Phucket News reports:NOB Director Nopparat B...

https://www.neatorama.com/2015/02/12/Buddhist-Monks-Playing-Quidditch/
Monk Praying 1,000 Times a Day for 20 Years Has Left His Footprints Ingrained in the Wood Floor...

(Photo: Reuters)Hua Chi, 70, is a monk at the Buddhist monastery in Tongren, Qinghai province, China. For 20 years, he has prostrated himself before an altar. When he was younger, he did it about 2,000-3,000 times a day....

https://www.neatorama.com/2014/05/26/Monk-Praying-1000-Times-a-Day-for-20-Years-Has-Left-His-Footprints-Ingrained-in-the-Wood-Floor/
Drive-Through Buddhist Supply Store...

(Photos: Another Tokyo)In Japanese Buddhism , butsudans are small cabinet-shaped shrines, ofte...

https://www.neatorama.com/2014/02/07/Drive-Through-Buddhist-Supply-Store/
Buddha Head Carved out of Phone Books...

Long Bin-Chen, a New York-based artist originally from Taipei, sculpts books. He's especially fond of depicting the Buddha, such as this sculpture made out of phone books. The artist explained that this is an effort to...

https://www.neatorama.com/2010/12/28/budda-head-carved-out-of-phone-books/
Time-Lapse Video of the Creation of a Mandala Sand Painting...

(YouTube Link) A mandala is a geometric design with special spiritual connotations in various Buddhist and Hindu traditions. The creation of sand paintings in the form of mandalas is a high art among Tibetan Buddhist...

https://www.neatorama.com/2010/06/26/time-lapse-video-of-the-creation-of-a-mandala-sand-painting/
Himalayan Caves May Be Shangri-La...

The remote Mustang caves of Nepal are yielding treasures and artworks that lead explorers to think it may be the legendary Shangri-La. Expeditions in 2007 and 2008 found 15th-century paintings, religious texts, and skele...

https://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/18/himalayan-caves-may-be-shangri-la/
The Hot Air Lanterns of the Chiang Mai Yi Peng Festival...

(YouTube Link) The Chiang Mai Yi Peng Festival is an Buddhist holy day in Thailand. That evening, celebrants send send burning lanterns aloft, floating on hot air. According to YouTube user bugzila: [...]it is th...

https://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/29/the-hot-air-lanterns-of-the-chiang-mai-yi-peng-festival/




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