If you are a mountain person and the Himalayas fascinate you, there's no way you haven't been intrigued by the Buddhist prayer flags. Dar-ding flags are either square or rectangular and are connected ...

As images of the devastation in Nepal become more prevalent in the wake of the 7.8-magnitude earthquake, one brightly-coloured symbol flies in stark contrast to the rubble: Tibetan Buddhist prayer ...

On May 16, the most important Buddhist festival took place in Nepal, celebrating Buddha Jayanti, the Buddha's birthday, his enlightenment and nirvana. Nine percent of Nepalese are Buddhists. The ...

Nepal’s largest stupa, one of the holiest pilgrimage sites in Tibetan Buddhism, was festooned with biodegradable prayer flags on Saturday after devotees replaced the more common synthetic version with ...

You might say that Kathryn J. Price, whose exhibition of recent weavings is at Moravian College’s Haupert Union Building in Bethlehem, was born into the tradition of crafts. “My mother always had an ...

You can see them pretty much around any corner in Boulder: Bright, primary colored squares of cloth strung together, floating in the wind or gently resting on porch railings. These are Tibetan prayer ...

NEW ORLEANS — Squares of blue, white, red, green and yellow cloth danced in the breezy sunshine along the awnings of French Market on Saturday morning. Across the city, business owners and residents ...

Kathmandu (AFP) – Nepal’s largest stupa, one of the holiest pilgrimage sites in Tibetan Buddhism, was festooned with biodegradable prayer flags on Saturday after devotees replaced the more common ...

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