Ashes believed to belong to Buddha were paraded through the streets in India. The sacred relics of Lord Buddha and his two disciples, Shariputra and Mahamoglan, were honoured in a grand procession in ...

Luohan are Buddhist disciples who have attained wisdom but who remain on earth to help other gain enlightenment. In China there are 16, and sometimes 18, Luohan, represented in Buddhist temples.

A Buddhist monk in Nonthaburi province, Thailand, had died after being attacked by a one-year-old pit bull at a temple. Forensic examiners believe he had been ...

97 - 105), the use of which for this purpose appears to date back to the time of the Buddha himself. This sutta tells that Angulimala, the erstwhile bandit, after his ordination as a disciple under ...