Remembering China’s Empress Dowager Ling, a Buddhist who paved the way for future female rulers
The empress, like many other rulers at the time, legitimized her reign through Buddhism, portraying herself either as a ...
Citizens of tiny Bhutan, 'Land of the Thunder Dragon,' may end up on Trump travel ban list
Bhutan is a tiny, remote Himalayan kingdom nestled between China and India. It has no traffic lights. Here's why it may be ...
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Remembering China’s Empress Dowager Ling, a Buddhist who paved the way for future female rulers
By the time of the reign of the Northern Wei empire, both Taghbah and Chinese cultures had become deeply familiar with Buddhism, a religion that they had inherited from India in a long process of ...
Dalai Lama’s bold move: Ensuring his successor is beyond China’s control
The Dalai Lama has declared that his successor will be born outside of China to ensure freedom from Chinese control, ...
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US hands over Tibetan Buddhism relics to China
The recent transfer of cultural artifacts, including several Tibetan Buddhist relics, from the US to China may help advance the Chinese government’s efforts to distort Tibet’s history and appropriate ...
Grab-and-go Buddha Bowls & Rolls makes Sacramento’s wildest banh mi — state workers, take note
Eileen Le, marketing manager at Buddha Bowl & Rolls, holds a Ube-Bae matcha latte at the midtown restaurant earlier this ...
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Remembering China’s Buddhist Empress Who Paved The Way For Future Female Rulers
In sixth-century China, a woman known to history as Empress Dowager Ling ruled over an empire called the Northern Wei.
After 20 years, this Malaysian returned to China’s sacred mountains for a spiritual retreat
Last year, the Ti-Ratana Welfare Society organised a trip to Mount Putuo and Mount Jiuhua, two of the four holy Buddhist ...