On woven plastic mats, women pray to a Buddha statue, barely visible through the thick jasmine smoke.
" "It could be as simple as using a Buddha screen saver or having a cross at your desk.
Throw in classical colonnades, cupolas and a Buddha statue from the 1958 film Inn of the Sixth Happiness, all cradled by the majestic Welsh mountains, and it is a rather bizarre place to spend an afternoon.
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Mr Kato's relatives told police that he had "confined himself in his room more than 30 years ago and became a living Buddha, " according to a report by Jiji Press.
Last year, three French tourists were given suspended prison sentences for taking photographs that showed them pretending to kiss a statue of Buddha at a temple.
We backtracked down the stairs to the Main Dharma Hall, where a golden Buddha dominated the room, flanked by Bodhisattvas.
She goes outside and sets an incense cone inside of a ceramic Buddha.
There is a story about a farmer who approached Buddha and a group of monks while they were sitting in the forest.
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Performers will include amateur singers, a dancing troop of monks imitating an eight-armed Buddha and a man who can pedal a bicycle with his hands.
It also advises that travellers "don't pose for photographs by standing in front of a statue of Buddha".
Clustered around a serene lake, the city is framed by two striking religious monuments a towering white Buddha that looks down on the city from the hills and the gold canopied roof that crowns the lakeside Temple of the Tooth.
Accompanied by ornate floats and banners saying "No" to the Disney movie "Snow Buddies, " which features a dog named Buddha, Ms. Acharavadee silenced the normally raucous backpackers who frequent the area as she and her followers made their way past bars with names such as Lucky Beer and the Lava Lounge.
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The shrine, housing a hair from the Buddha's head, is one of Myanmar's holiest and some 2, 000 years old.
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My great-grandfather made a rule that every child in the family must have a name of the Buddha.
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Reclining statues are a popular representation of Buddha and depict the final moments of his earthly existence as he enters the state of nirvana.
And, in the ancient corner, Alec Guinness, in a performance no less Buddha-like, in its opaque yet disarming sagacity, than it seemed thirty-two years ago.
Step in line with numerous pilgrims in Kandy's Unesco-rated Sacred City to visit the Dalada Maligawa, also known as the Temple of the Tooth and home to the country's most important Buddhist relic - allegedly a tooth of the Buddha.
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Cotran's austere home, Mr. Pellizzoni ordered suede ottomans and handsome dark club chairs from Ralph Lauren. (On average, he says, 80% of the pieces used come from his former employer, for which he gets a commission.) Fuchsia flowers and ornaments such as Chinese ceramic vases and a small sculpture of the Buddha are scattered over the property.
The Buddha observed two and a half thousand years ago that the only constant is change, and that is far more true than ever today.
If the reconstruction is now to go ahead, the next step will be to create a scale model of the larger Buddha, and to begin raising the necessary funds.
This is believed to be a sapling of the one under which Buddha gained enlightenment.
Former director of the Proms concerts Nicholas Kenyon is knighted, while while playwright and author Hanif Kureishi - best known for his 1990 novel The Buddha of Suburbia - becomes a CBE.
It was here that two years ago archeologists announced the discovery of a large stone which Buddhists believe was placed by an ancient king as a monument to the birthplace of the Buddha.
Later, you'll visit the Jiva spa or the Sarnath Stupa (the site of Buddha's first teachings), take a carriage ride, or return to town to shop for brocade or visit the evening aarti (prayer ceremony).
The performances took place in the forecourt of the Daibutsuden (the Great Buddha Hall) of the Todaiji-temple, a UNESCO World Heritage site.
The renowned Japanese Architect Kenzo Tange had a broad vision, and his master plan was far-sighted and well-organized in laying out a systematic plan to protect the values of the birthplace of Buddha.
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