Throughout the 5000 or so Buddhist texts – the Buddha states that when enlightenment is realised, it is understood that the concept of ‘rebirth’ is
Tag: nuns
Brazil: Grave Discovered [in 2008] of Two Catholic Nuns in Loving Embrace! (20.12.2019)
Sergio Monteiro da Silva of the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at the University of Sao Paulo, who took part in the excavations, does not believe the nuns were buried together.
“The second nun probably died years later and, during the burial, the first was pushed to the back,” he told the Folha de Sao Paulo.
Mr da Silva said the mummification process had probably happened naturally thanks to good ventilation and low humidity.
“There are no indications that the nuns were mummified,” he told Globo News.
Tests have been done on the bodies and archive research is being carried out to try to identify them. Ms Marino said she hoped the public would be able to view the bodies later this year.
Henan: Disabled Person’s Care-Home Established in Xinxiang
Initially this project met with indifference and a lack of concern from the local populace, but after much effort and hard work on the part of the project sponsor – Wang Bin (王斌) – this situation changed and people started rallying to the cause.
The Seven Classes of Buddhist Disciples
Within the Chinese Buddhist tradition, there are seven classes of disciples:
Like the Soil of the Earth is the Soil of the Heart
The Buddha said: Headman, just like that field with good soil are my monks and nuns. To them I preach the Doctrine, beautiful in its
Why the Buddha Left Society
‘The Buddhist Scriptures tell us that when Gotama was twenty-nine years old, he saw for the first time an Old man, a Sick Man, a
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 