Remembering China’s Empress Dowager Ling, a Buddhist who paved the way for future female ...
The empress, like many other rulers at the time, legitimized her reign through Buddhism, portraying herself either as a ...
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 ...
Remembering China’s Empress Dowager Ling, a Buddhist who paved the way for future female ...
In sixth-century China, a woman known to history as Empress ... were thought of as the bodhisattva Maitreya, a being of ...
China's Empress Dowager Ling 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.
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Buddha statue in Vietnam's Mekong Delta ranked among world's most impressive
The 20-meter-tall Maitreya Buddha statue in the Mekong Delta has been recognized as one of the world's most impressive giant ...
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Chinese Luohan Figure
1484 at the imperial kilns in Jingdezhen, South East China. The Emperor at that time ... develop wisdom and understanding until the advent of Maitreya, the future Buddha.