Tag: Buddhism
Religion and customs: The wondrous world of rituals – Bavaria
Praying, burning incense, meditating – people across all denominations seem to have a basic need for holy acts. Why is that? It is just 100 kilometers from Munich to Japan.…
Japan: Shrines in distress
The major religions in Japan are feeling the consequences of aging, social change and the tense economic situation. This also applies to the surroundings of the temples and shrines. In…
Religions: What the people of Munich believe in
Two thirds of Munich’s urban society are neither Catholic nor Protestant. That doesn’t mean that others don’t believe in anything. On the contrary. A digital belief map should now clarify…
Thai massage: "Afterwards the muscles are as soft as pudding"
Yuwadee Wochinger uses a centuries-old method to release blockages in the body. She has been working in Munich for seven years and says: Office people all have the same problems.…
Swiss man arrested after making film ‘insulting’ Buddhism
No right to blasphemy in Burma. A Swiss by the name of Didier Nusbaumer, 52, was arrested on August 8 after broadcasting a film on YouTube and TikTok in July…
Were there Buddhists in ancient Egypt? – Knowledge
Anyone who has ever heard of Herodotus’ giant gold-mining ants knows that people in ancient Greece had very imaginative ideas about the Indian subcontinent. According to the Greek historian, these…
Shrines of Buddhism: Bodnath Stupa – Journey
Prayer flags flutter in the wind, there is a smell of incense sticks, and a cloud of doves buzzes over the square. In the shops around the Bodnath Stupa, vendors…
“Three Dimensions Deep” by Amber Mark: Poetry of the Stars – Culture
For beatniks, hippies, and all the other spearheads of secularization, the difficult question has always been what to believe in once you’ve apostatized. Amber Mark, who is a soul singer…
Retranslation: Jack Kerouac’s novel “The Dharma Hunters”. Review. – Culture
A year in the life of Ray Smith and his friends, their center of life is the American west coast, this immensely cultured little town “which is called San Francisco”https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/.”The…
Vacation in South Korea: Crash course in Buddhism
Be silent while eating. No alcohol. Neither walking nor slurping: In South Korea, many monasteries offer “temple stays”. That can be exhausting. Or educational. A visit. source site