Buddhist monks offer prayer for universal peace in SikkimSeptember 24th, 2009 SAMDRUPTSE - Hundreds of Buddhist monks and devotees have converged at the altar of Guru Padmasambhava at Samdruptse in Sikkim to offer mass collective prayers for universal peace during the ongoing 12-day long spiritual event. The Vajra Guru Dhungrup (recitation of 12 crore vajra guru mantra) began on Tuesday at Samdruptse, around four kilometres in Namchi district, where 135 feet tall statue of Lord Padmasambhava, believed to be the biggest of its kind in the world, is located.
Dalai Lama gives sermons on Buddhism in DharamsalaSeptember 16th, 2009 DHARAMSALA - Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama gave sermons on Buddhism here on Tuesday. Dalai Lama began the three-day sermons on Buddhist teachings at the Main Tibetan Temple (Tsuglagkhang) at the request of a Korean group, which he referred to as 'our Korean Dharma friends'.
Devotees visit Gaya to pray for salvation of ancestorsSeptember 7th, 2009 GAYA - With the onset of the fortnight long 'Shraddha,' solemn Hindu ceremonies, a serpentine queue of devotees has begun trotting up the Pret-Sheela (ghost-stone) hill shrine in Gaya to pray for the salvation of their ancestors and get rid of the evil spirits. Elderly faithful, from far and wide, are carried by kin and porters on baskets to pray for the departed.
Dalai Lama addressing four-day congregation in LehAugust 23rd, 2009 LEH - The Tibetan spiritual leader, Dalai Lama, is delivering religious sermons on Bodhisattva, attended by thousands of devotees at a four-day congregation here. Thousands of Buddhists monks are attending a four-day religious congregation, which commenced on Saturday.
Buddhist monks worship mummy as revered LamaAugust 3rd, 2009 KULLU - A 500 hundred-year old mummy has taken the centre stage at Gieue village in Himachal Pradesh. The mummy is still sitting pretty at the place where it was stumbled upon 33 years ago.
The monk who inspired a hundred booksAugust 2nd, 2009 DHARAMSALA - It is perhaps natural that the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan leader who is revered as a spiritual guru, should inspire writers from the Orient and the West. Despite there being over 100 biographies and other books on the monk, writers continue to queue for an audience with him.
Jammu and Kashmir to revive Buddhist sites to promote pilgrimage tourismJuly 10th, 2009 SRINAGAR - In a bid to attract more Buddhist pilgrims, Jammu and Kashmir's tourism department is set to rejuvenate Buddhist sites in the state. The department has already sent a plan to the Archaeological Survey of India proposing to install basic facilities at these sites.
Buddhist monk performs once-in-a-life religious ceremony in HimachalJune 29th, 2009 KINNAUR - Gigmed Choekyi Syingey, a revered Buddhist monk performed the unique religious 'Chakrasamvara Abhisheka' ceremony in Himachal Pradesh on Sunday. Syingey who is believed to be eighth reincarnation of Yulgyula Rinpoche performed the ceremony at Drugtharpa Choeiling Buddhist monastery, situated at Tashigang in Kinnaur district.
First batch of pilgrims leave for the AmarnathJune 16th, 2009 BALTAL SONAMARG - The first batch of pilgrims left for the holy cave shrine dedicated to Lord Shiva situated at an altitude of 3880 metres above sea level in Amarnath on Tuesday. The pilgrimage was earlier scheduled to commence on Monday, but was postponed by a day due to inclement weather.
Buddhist monks offer prayers for victims of Air France Flight 447June 4th, 2009 BODH GAYA - Buddhist monks and nuns here offered prayer for the victims of Air France Flight 447, which crashed in the Atlantic Ocean on Sunday night en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris with 228 passengers on board. Devotees also joined the monks and nuns in their prayer meet, who were seen praying at the premises of the Mahabodhi Temple.
Dalai Lama welcomes two-day truce in Sri LankaApril 13th, 2009 DHARAMSALA - The spiritual head of the Tibetan community, the Dalai Lama, Monday welcomed the Sri Lankan government's decision for a two-day pause in the operations against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) during the Sinhala and Tamil New Year celebrations. 'It is with great relief that I welcome the truce that has been declared in the Sri Lankan conflict to mark the two-day Sinhala and Tamil New Year holiday,' the Nobel peace laureate said in a statement posted on his official website.
Nine-year-old enthroned as reincarnation of Buddhist monkApril 6th, 2009 DHARAMSALA - Tulku Tsenyi Khentrul Tenzin Tseten Rinpoche, a nine-year-old boy, was Monday enthroned as the reincarnation of Geshe Lobsang Gyatso, the founder of the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics (IBD). The coronation ceremony took place in this north Indian hill town.
Tibet's Drukpa Buddhist sect to woo IndiansMarch 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Drukpa, an 800-year-old Buddhist sect from Tibet, is coming out of its theological cloister to showcase its legacy -- and it also wants to woo Buddhists in India. The sect is set to host its first annual Drukpa Council April 6-15 in Kathmandu to familiarise followers of Buddhism with the faith, Drukpa spokesperson Jigme Semzang Soo told IANS here.
Buddhists in Ladakh perform special ritual in honour of Buddha's first sermonMarch 21st, 2009 LEH - Hundreds of Buddhists in Ladakh recently performed mass prostrations to mark the first sermon by Lord Buddha. Gochak, a tantric Buddhist ritual commonly practised by Tibetan Buddhists, was performed as part of a religious ritual of penance.
Buddhist monk commits suicide in Bodh Gaya templeMarch 5th, 2009 PATNA - A young Buddhist monk committed suicide in the Mahabodhi temple complex in Bihar's Bodh Gaya town Wednesday, the police said. Vaninta, a monk in his 20s, committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree in the temple complex, the police said.
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