Steven Seagal To Rebuild Buddhist Temple In Serbia

Recently granted Serbian citizenship, Hollywood action star, musician, and Buddhist Steven Seagal has expressed a strong interest in reconstructing Europe’s oldest Buddhist temple in the Serbian capital of Belgrade. Seagal was granted Serbian citizenship in a special decree signed by the country’s prime minister, Aleksandar Vucic, on 8 January. The decree followed several visits to Serbia in recent months, during which the 63-year-old martial...

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Robot Monk Unveiled In China

A buddhist temple, Dragon Spring Temple in Beijing, China has developed a robot monk named "XianEr" which was unveiled at the temple's National Day Gala celebration earlier this month. The robot monk the protagonist of cartoon series "Trouble, you seek for yourself" published by Longquan (Dragon Spring) Temple, is developed by the temple with artificial intelligence experts. “The 50cm tall, Xian’er” is able to sense his surroundings and answer...

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Monk Slaps Foreigner On Train

A video showing a monk slapping a foreigner on a train in Thailand has gone viral. Apparently the foreigner was seated on another seat when he was asked by two women to move to the seat next to the monk as women are not allowed to have contact with a monk. The foreigner obliged and asked the monk if he could sit next to him. The monk for unknown reason was angry and told the foreigner that he did not know what he was talking about. The foreigner then answered "fine" and took up the seat. It was believed the monk thought the foreigner had uttered...

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Buddhist Personality - Andrie Wongso

Name : Andrie Wongso Nationality : Indonesia Profession : Motivator / Businessman As a young man, he was very interested in martial arts and even established his own martial art school "Hap Kun Do". His interest in this art eventually led him to Taiwan. In 1980, he went to Taiwan after signing a three year contract with a film company there. He appeared in several martial arts during that period but never as the main actors. After seeing the ups...

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The Little Monk Who Becomes Viral On Social Media

In May 2014,   a Weibo  posted photos of his son, dressed up as a little monk in a temple photoshoot in Fuzhou, China. In just one night, his post was shared more than 1 million times. Below are the said photos.  ...

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Buddhists Clean Up Streets For New President

To celebrate the appointment of new Indonesian President, Joko Widodo (Jokowi),on October 20, 2014 a group consisting of 65 volunteers from the Buddhist Tzu Chi Fellowship held a rubbish collection session on the streets leading to the National Palace, the venue where the appointment of the new appointment would be held Clad in their blue and white uniforms and a cap, the volunteers put on hand gloves and went around picking up rubbish in...

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Buddhist Story - The Boy And The Pet Shop Owner

One day as he was walking home after school, a boy passed by a pet shop. There he saw some puppies up for sale. As he liked dogs very much, he went inside the shop to take a look at the puppies. The puppies wagged their tails upon seeing the boy. The boy played with each and every puppies there. He wanted to buy one of them. He pointed to a particular puppy and asked the shop owner " Sir, how much does this puppy cost ? ". The shop owner answered...

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