Hidden Treasures: Ancient Buddhist Scrolls Discovered in Temple Statue

The Buddhist Channel, 30 June 2024

HIROSHIMA, Japan -- In a discovery that has sent ripples of excitement through the local community and beyond, the Myooin temple in Fukuyama has unveiled a secret hidden within its ancient walls for nearly seven centuries.

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Young South Koreans are increasingly drawn to Buddhism via social media-savvy influencers

BY JUWON PARK, AP, May 15, 2024

SEOUL, South Korea -- A South Korean deejay dressed as a Buddhist monk bounced up and down on stage while playing electronic music and shouting: “This too shall pass!” The performance brought cheers from a crowd of thousands at an annual lantern-lighting festival over the weekend to celebrate the Buddha’s birthday.

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Jikji, The First Metal-Printed Book Predating Gutenberg’s Bible

The Buddhist Channel, 14 June 2024

Seoul, South Korea -- Jikji (Korean: 직지), the abbreviation of a Korean Buddhist document, whose full title can be translated as "Anthology of Great Buddhist Priests' Zen Teachings", holds the distinction of being the oldest surviving metal-printed book. Printed in Korea in 1377, it predates Gutenberg’s Bible by 77 years.

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Japan temple where ‘maids’ discuss Buddhism

By YATING YANG, The Star, 4 Jun 2024

Kyoto, Japan -- A Japanese temple has created a female pop group and is employing maids wearing Buddhist-style outfits to attract visitors.

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Hwangryongsa Temple lights up pagoda lantern for Buddha's Birthday

The Buddhist Channel, 3 May 2024

SEOUL, South Korea -- On the afternoon of 17 April, the Buddha's Birthday Celebration Committee and Lantern Preservation Committee, organized by domestic Buddhist groups, held the lighting ceremony for the commemorative tower marking the year 2568 (2024) in the Buddhist calendar at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul.

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'Unsullied, Like a Lotus in Mud'

BY SHIN MIN-HEE, Joongang Daily, 1 May 2024

Hoam Museum of Art exhibition highlights role of women in Buddhist history

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Hanamatsuri, Celebrating the Birth of Buddha

The Buddhist Channel, 4 May 2024

Kamakura, Japan -- On 8 April, Buddhist temples across Japan commemorate the birth of Siddhartha Gautama, founder of Buddhism. The festival features small shrines called hanamidō (花御堂) or flowers pavilion, which worshipers decorate with flowers, typically peonies and Japanese irises. The hanamido shelters a statuette standing in a large shallow bowl and is covered and surrounded with flowers.

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Tibet: Atsok Gon Dechen Choekhorling Monastery to be relocated for a hydrodam

The Buddhist Channel, 16 April 2024

Dragkar County, Tibet (China) -- Chinese authorities have initiated the relocation of a 19th-century Buddhist monastery in Tibet as part of preparations for the completion of the world's tallest 3D-printed hydropower dam, according to a Radio Free Asia (RFA) report.

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Chion-in Temple in Kyoto Celebrates the 850th Anniversary of the founding of Jodo Shu Buddhism

The Buddhist Channel, 10 April 2024

Kyoto, Japan -- Chion-in in Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto, the head temple of the Jodo Shu, began a service Tuesday to celebrate the 850th anniversary since the sect’s founding by Honen in 1175.

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Buddhism puts on young face

By Choi Si-young, The Korea Herald, April 8, 2024

Seoul, South Korea -- Buddhism has traditionally prioritized silence, a hallmark of meditation that sets the religion apart. That notion took a hard turn Thursday as a DJ in a monk’s robe kicked off the four-day International Buddhism Expo in Seoul, shouting out Buddhist verses to the beat of electronic dance music.

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