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Possible precedents flicker: Maya hieroglyphs, Buddhist mandalas, Hiberno-Saxon manuscripts, Bosch, Gauguin, feathered Trinidadian carnival masks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
At the opening of “The Buddhist Bug” at the Vincent Price Art Museum on Saturday, guests will see a 328-foot-long orange insect.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Xi's visit was the target of protests by dozens of Tibetans in New Delhi, exiles like their Buddhist leader, the Dalai Lama, who has lived in India since fleeing a Chinese crackdown in 1959.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
In Thailand, Buddhist monks take a vow of celibacy and also renounce material possessions.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
This is why today we can educate our children to become Christian or Buddhist, capitalist or socialist, warlike or peace-loving.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
A total of 80 Americans are missing in Nepal and Tibet, many of them pilgrims who were visiting sacred lakes revered by Hindus and Buddhists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
But a concerned relative persuaded her to join a campaign to give up alcohol during Khao Phansa, a three-month period of reflection observed by Buddhists akin to Christian Lent.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
Tibetan Buddhists believe he is the 14th reincarnation of a spiritual leader first born in 1391.
From Barron's ● Feb. 2, 2026
He said that in all the monasteries he had visited "no Buddhists regard these as corporeal relics".
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2025
Buddhists believe that if you empty out your head, that’s when you find enlightenment.
From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd
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