These 17th century monks chose to slowly mummify themselves over a decade to achieve enlightenment...all so they could help ...

A guided experience through birth, ageing, illness and death unexpectedly led me to reconnect with my estranged mother.

Know about Buddha Purnima 2025—its date, spiritual significance, and the key rituals that honour Lord Buddha’s birth, enlightenment, and Nirvana.

The Buddha did not encourage rights and rituals and in fact stated clearly that adherence to rights and rituals is a fetter in the path to Enlightenment. The path which is simple and direct, is ...

Fire, water and food. Some Hindu death rituals have roots in ancient Vedic rites as old as 1,500 B.C.E. The survivors’ goal is to ensure that a dead person separates from the realm of the living ...

The Buddhism viewpoint of death stands as one more rebirth in the cycle of samsara, ... The Impact of COVID-19 on Death Rituals . Death and all its rites have been subject to constant change.

A Timeless LegacyThe history of Buddha Purnima is not just about dates and rituals—it is about a journey that began over 2,500 years ago with the quest for truth and liberation.From the birth of ...

But when cultures lose these rituals, when grief becomes invisible, the consequences are devastating. Take Japan , where the erosion of Shinto and Buddhist death rituals has coincided with an ...

The project includes funding for a PhD studentship in Chinese Buddhist death ritual which has been awarded to Ingmar Heise who will be studying Buddhist funerals and other death rituals in ...