There are three kinds of Buddhist worship. Buddhists worship the physical remains of the Buddha. (Sharirika Dhathu in Pali). The second category of Buddhist worship is objects of use and association ...

Dressed in black, a dozen Zen Buddhist practitioners sit on black cushions once a week in Palatine, their arms resting in a circle to harmonize their bodies and minds. Incense burns and a bowl of ...

Buddha Purnima 2023: Vaishakh Purnima is specially celebrated as Buddha Purnima. It has special importance in Buddhism. It is believed that Lord Gautam Buddha was born on the day of Vaishakh Purnima.

Among world religions, only Buddhism and Christianity attach a central significance to the role of relics. These two traditions, however, are different in both conceptual and material terms. In ...

A rare piece of the parietal bone of Sakyamuni, the founder of Buddhism, was flown to Hong Kong from east China's Jiangsu province on Wednesday for public worship. The Buddha's remains, or sarira, ...

As the first ray of sun glow touched Drepung Monastery in Lhasa early Thursday, thousands of local worshippers and tourists from afar on the road to the monastery viewed a imposing scene of praying to ...

Remains of a wooden structure at the Buddha’s birthplace dating to at least 2,500 years ago provide a rare glimpse of ancient religious practice in South Asia. Excavations in 2011 and 2012 beneath ...

A rare piece of the parietal bone of Sakyamuni, the founder of Buddhism, is seen in Qixia Temple, Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu province, before being flown to Hong Kong for public worship, April 25, ...