Example Sentences
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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
The biggest divergence comes from the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council, which says violence spiked dramatically after August 2024.
From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026
A Buddhist monk has drawn international attention after South Korea won landmark Olympic snowboard medals, capping decades of his support for young athletes in a sport long unpopular at home.
From Barron's • Feb. 14, 2026
She took students in her barracks cubicle, which was fitted out like a little Buddhist shrine, with tatami mats on the floor.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
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