The Lhasa Uprising
From March 1 to 10, 1959, the capital of Tibet was the scene of a massacre perpetrated by the Chinese army and the first Tibetan uprising. Feedback … Read more >
From March 1 to 10, 1959, the capital of Tibet was the scene of a massacre perpetrated by the Chinese army and the first Tibetan uprising. Feedback … Read more >
Fresco on the history of the Roof of the World, from the monarchy to the present day. 1-Ancient history: monarchy 1063 BC. J.-C.: Bönteun Shénrab, founder of the religion … Read more >
According to the lunisolar calendar, said to have been invented in 2637 BCE by the mythical Yellow Emperor, the Chinese New Year falls... Read more >
Among all the ritual objects of Buddhism, especially in the Vajrayana (the diamond vehicle), the vajra associated with the bell certainly belongs to … Read more >
Anyone who has traveled in Buddhist land has inevitably seen one day stand before their eyes one of these buildings that are today characteristic of religious architecture... Read more >
Coming from India, after passing through the Silk Roads, Buddhism adapted its message to China. Leaving India a while ago... Read more >
Generations of monks once circled the Himalayas as if it were a giant stupa, from India to China to … Read more >
Testimony of a layman on life in a pagoda for a little tutorial on Theravada. After the Buddha's death, eighteen schools were formed. THE … Read more >
The term "conversion" is probably not perfectly suited to Buddhism, which offers a path that the practitioner follows freely, by choice, and which... Read more >
2500 years ago, Buddhism was born in a moment of spiritual and social creation unparalleled in history. The Buddha... Read more >
July 14, 2019 was the scene of special events in Rubrouck, a small village in Nord-Pas-de-Calais adored by its inhabitants and by all those … Read more >
Story of the formidable epic of Émile Guimet, who created not a simple museum, but a veritable temple elevated to religions. Coming back from his trip... Read more >