I’m deep inside a magnificent Buddhist temple in the ruined city of Mrauk U in western Myanmar (formerly Burma), in embattled Rakhine State. Beginning around 1535, a thousand workers labored for ...

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Buddhist monks in Sri Lanka started on March 31 a donation drive through temples to help the survivors of the massive 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Buddhist-majority Myanmar. Venerable Balapitiye Siri ...

Children who are to become Buddhist nuns ride on decorated cow carts ... outside of Yangon, Myanmar. (AP Photo/Thein Zaw) ...