Example Sentences
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It is unusual to see Buddhist monks - much less such a high-ranking figure - arrested in Sri Lanka, where they are both politically powerful and venerated by society.
From BBC • May 9, 2026
I go to my special room with a Buddhist shrine where I meditate for an hour or two.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026
“It worked pretty well,” Mac Davis, one of the founders, who is also an ordained Buddhist monk, told me on a video call.
From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026
"Without getting too 'woo woo', there is a Buddhist saying on a podcast that 'yesterday's dead, tomorrow isn't born, there is only today'," he says.
From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026
Our pickup point was a Buddhist church in Los Angeles.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
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