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Made up of all kinds of materials, discreet as well as ostentatious, the mala is a ritual object in its own right for Buddhists. Of Brahmanic origin, it is … Read more >

How did women manage to create the first Buddhist religious community? Account of a revolution made possible by the perseverance of Mahâprajâpati and the skill of Ananda. … Read more >

A current moment of Buddhism in China. From November 23 to 26, 2018, in the city of Wenzhou located south of Shanghai, took place … Read more >

What is Mahayana the name of? Before going into other considerations, it is undoubtedly appropriate first to clarify the meaning of this Sanskrit term, to glimpse more … Read more >

James Hilton, in his novel The Lost Horizons, imagined in 1933 a paradise hidden in the frozen expanses of the Himalayas. Lost horizons. It is … Read more >

Small definition of a major Mahayana school. The term Chan is an abbreviation of “chan-na”, a Chinese transcription of the Sanskrit term dhyâna which designates a set … Read more >

Or how to make silence in the daily buzz of our mind. Spiritual traditions use all sorts of ritual objects, which, to the neophyte observer, can... Read more >