This video explores Pure Land Buddhism, a major branch of Mahayana Buddhism often misunderstood in the West. It presents the concept of countless purified realms—pure lands—inhabited by cosmic ...

Depicted by the statue is the Buddha Amitābha, a prominent figure in Mahayana Buddhism.

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Temples of the True Pure Land sect’s Hongwanji school are still ... not answer a call of nature there out of his deference to Buddhism. “I thought Japan would lose in the war, because bells ...

Louisiana executed a man convicted of murder with nitrogen gas on Tuesday evening, capping a raging legal battle that ended ...

Rennie heads to Thailand to rediscover a love of off-road riding and of the Southeast Asian culture with Thailand Moto Tours.

He inhaled pure nitrogen gas through a mask strapped ... and thumb pointing toward each other — a sacred hand gesture in Buddhism. His spiritual adviser, a Buddhist, knelt near him while ...