Buddha Sakia — which means the Holy Sakia ... These last are sold in great numbers to the people, who wear them as amulets, and believe them to be a sure protection from witchcraft and other ...

Standing in his shop, I look over his shoulder and see a painting of Ganesh, the elephant-headed Hindu god, and beside him a Happy Buddha. Monks, I discover, give out amulets in return for donations.

Dean, Melanie 1969. Disciplining Devotion: Buddha Representations and Ideologies of Materiality in Sri Lankan Buddhism. Anthropologica, Vol. 61, Issue. 2, p. 304.

A Thai woman was arrested after she stole cash and valuables from her boyfriend and fled arrest to work as a call centre ...

Buddhists recognise that there is a continuous cycle of life, death and rebirth. This cycle is known as samsara. The ultimate aim of Buddhist practice is to become free from samsara. Within Buddhism ...

For Phathzichar Wimontsrinarrachai, 39, a childhood of merit-making at Buddhist temples and wearing protective traditional ...

Explore Buddhist temples, learn about traditional textiles, and hop on a motorbike for Michelin-starred fine dining.

The Buddha's Eyeballs are one of the first Key Items you will come across during your time in Yellow Wind Ridge in Black Myth: Wukong. These eyeballs are scattered around the land on the heads of ...

is the idea of ‘dependent origination’ or ‘conditionality’. This idea is crucial in Buddhist thought. It is one of the key principles of the Buddha’s teaching, or Dhamma. It can best be ...

Buddha's Left Hand is one such item. Players should have obtained Buddha's Right Hand in a fight that is part of the main story. However, the left hand cannot be found unless players actively look ...

If you’ve already visited Reclining Buddha Wat Pho and Wat Arun ... the utterly charming Tha Prachan Amulet Market, where commerce and spirituality converge. To some, it might appear as rows upon rows ...