South East Asia's Largest Stone Buddha

Thousands of Buddhist followers and pilgrims from all regions of the country gathered on Phat Tich Mountain in Bac Ninh province’s Tien Du district on Sept. 25 to witness the inauguration of a giant Buddha statue located on the peak of the mountain. The statue, which measures 27 metres high and weighs 3,000 tonnes, is one of the largest stone statues in Southeast Asia and the first of its kind in Vietnam. The statue is shaped based on the model of...

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Buddhist Personality : Jing Ming

Name : Jing MingNationality : ChinaDate Of Birth : November 19, 1980Height : 158cmProfession : Actress / TV host /She was a very talented and popular child actress back in the early 90s, appearing in mostly Taiwanese melodramas. At that time, she was regarded as the most popular child star in the Chinese entertaiment world. She started acting in 1989 when she was nine in a Taiwanese drama. Her first drama was a historic one, marking the first time...

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Rafael Nadal Makes Merit In Thailand

Rafael Nadal currently ranked No.1 in the ATP ranking is currently in Thailand to compete in the Thai Open which started on September 27.He arrived earlier in the island resort of Hua Hin on September 21 for vacation. On September 25, he got up as early as 6.00am to prepare himself to give food offerings to monks in front of Intercontinental Hua Hin Resort. He was accompanied by Poon, the wife of the President the Lawn Tennis Association of Thailand...

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A Thai Cinderella

Pornthip who is often referrred to as Thai Cinderella visited Thailand recently. Unlike previous which were official visits to carry out duties of her children's foundation, the Angels Wings Foundation, this visit was an all family affair. She was here together with her husband, American billionaire, Simon Herb, her son, Sean and her daughter, Sophie.She shared with the public a little about her family during her visit there. She is a mother of five...

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Buddhist Personality - Kakuho Aoe

Kakuho Aoe is a 33 years old technology savvy young man and he is a Zen monk at Ryokusenji Temple in Tokyo, Japan. He holds a monthly event called 'kurayami gohan' (eating in the dark) in the temple and on each occassion only limited guests, normally about 2 dozens, will be invited.All the guests will be blindfolded before being led by the staff to a tatami room ( a traditional Japanese room ). His wife will start an ice breaking session by asking...

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Buddhist Personality : Toon ( AF3 )

Name : Thatchai PhonchummoonNationality : ThailandDate Of Birth : February 26, 1984Profession : Singer/ActorTrivia : He participated in Thai Academy Fantasia season 3 ( reality show cum singing competition ) and was placed 7. Since then he has released his own albums, starred in TV dramas as well as a movie and hosted TV shows.In 2008, he shaved his head to play a monk in a movie about a group of ordained boysOn September 19, 2010 he was ordained...

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