Samurai once lived in Buddhist temples here, Nagashima explained, working as security guards called boukan.
In Hindu and Buddhist temples, mosques and churches, prayers are being offered for the dead and injured.
Buddhist temples are a must visit when travelling through Asia, and Naritasan is one of the less touristy.
Before coming to Athens, the team went to Buddhist temples to pray for confidence to win the gold.
The Location: Tai O is a rambling village of creaky houses, many with colonial and art-deco charm, interspersed with Taoist and Buddhist temples.
In Myanmar, where Buddhist temples and monks proliferate, merit is attained through good deeds such as the release of caged birds and trapped fish.
When Preah Maha Ghosananda, in later years, became associated with Buddhist temples in Rhode Island and Massachusetts, his admirers would expect to find him there.
Chiang Mai, in the northern region, surrounded by mountains and filled with Buddhist temples, is second in size to Bangkok, considerably less expensive and more serene.
Until the emergence of public baths in the 17th century, nearly all the baths for the common folk were provided by Buddhist temples (the rich and powerful, of course, had their own baths).
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Mr Bradley is facing this problem too, which is why he is reacting defensively rather than going on the offensive himself (by, for example, bringing up the vice-president's 1996 fund-raising activities at Buddhist temples).
Leaving behind this city of Buddhist temples and delicious French pastries (one of the few reminders of the colonial era) the river winds its way through a landscape dominated by forested sugar-loaf mountains that in places rise vertiginously from the river.
There are about 4, 000 wild elephants in the country and a smaller number of domesticated ones used in sacred roles in Buddhist and Hindu temples.
The temples of Buddhism sheltered only a lucky few, and besides, the Buddhist meditative tradition pursues a selfless emptiness, a still point, the harking of universal immanence.
The question certainly worries the country's Buddhist leaders, whose 53, 000 monks provide guidance to the faithful from 6, 000 temples.
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