Richard Gere Visits Borobodur

Richard Gere meditated at Indonesia's Borobudur temple on June 27, 2011 before touring the ninth-century Buddhist monument with his wife and son."He meditated for 20 minutes this morning at the top platform and made a 45-minute tour to admire the details of the temple's reliefs," temple manager Purnomo Siswo Prasetyo.He said Gere was "astonished" with the grandeur of the so-called temple mountain, which lies between two volcanoes about 40 kilometres...

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Face Changing Boy From A Children's Home

Suresh Subramaniam, a 20 year of Indian-Chinese parentage from the Ti-Ratana's Children Home, Malaysia has made the home proud by being the first non-chinese to master the ancient Chinese art of Face Changing.Ti-Ratana is a welfare society founded by Buddhist monk, Chief Rev. K.Dhammaratana in 1994. Suresh is one of the earliest resident of the Children Home. Suresh who is currently a student of 3D Animation in a local college, has keen interest...

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Buddhist Cruise

A luxury cruise ship departed from Keelung Harbor in northern Taiwan June 22, 2011 on a three-day cruise around the island, with over 1,000 Buddhist monks and nuns on board.They were all invited to jointly perform a religious ritual on board to free the souls of people who had died in accidents at sea, said Yen Hsiu-hua, chairperson of the Chinese Charity Sailing Foundation that planned the trip.The monks and nuns will pray for the deceased to rest...

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