Author: McKinley Corbley / Source: Good News Network Dozens of foxes have been saved from a Chinese fur farm and been given a new home at a Buddhist monastery. Animal activist Karen Gifford has spent the last few weeks documenting the rescue initiative in a series of Facebook videos that were

Author: Matthew Davis / Source: Big Think The kaihōgyō — a seven-year, 1,000-day marathon — is among the world’s most difficult physical challenges. It is rarely completed, and those who fail are historically expected to kill themselves. Why do Japan’s Buddhist monks take on this nearly

Каждый год, проект «V-Star Change the World» собирает школьников на площади вокруг буддистского храма Дхаммакайя, недалеко от Бангкока, в Таиланде, чтобы провести день медитации. Несмотря на критику, организаторы ежегодной акции верят, что один миллион медитирующих детей может изменить наш мир в

Source: Atlas Obscura The idea of religious devotion might seem at odds with elegant, delicious food. But for almost a millennium, Japanese Zen Buddhists have cooked shojin ryori, or “devotion cuisine.” Made without meat or fish, these meals are often served in temple restaurants, especially in

Wat Rong Khun, more widely known as Thailand’s White Temple, is built with a very simple idea in mind. His creator, Chalermchai Kositpipat, wanted to create the most beautiful temple in the world. Undoubtedly, whoever steps inside this temple walks out with an indelible impression of it. There is