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'Misbehaving Monks': Massive Sex Scandal Shakes Thailand's Buddhist Clergy
Reverence for the saffron-robed Buddhist monkhood is deeply woven into Thai society, but a sex extortion scandal has besmirched the clergy and left the devout questioning their faith.
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Cemetery In Thailand Organises Movie Night For The Dead, Internet Calls It "Spooky"
A cemetery in Thailand has left the internet shocked by holding movie screenings for the dead.
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Eat, Pray, Exercise: Thailand's Buddhist Monks Battle Weight Problems
Every morning Buddhist monk Pipit Sarakitwinon takes walks around his temple and does hundreds of arm exercises, part of a new regimen aimed at shedding pounds as a health overhaul for members of the clergy gathers pace in Thailand.
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Special Train On Buddhist Circuit By December, Says Official
Indian Railways will run a special train equipped with world class facilities on the Buddhist circuit to attract tourists from Japan, China, Thailand and Sri lanka by the end of December this year, an official said on Wednesday.
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Rise Of Violent Buddhist Rhetoric In Asia Defies Stereotypes
Buddhism may be touted in the West as an inherently peaceful philosophy, but a surge in violent rhetoric from small but increasingly influential groups of hardline monks in parts of Asia is upending the religion's tolerant image.
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Motorcycle Bomb Kills 3 In Southern Thailand Market, Army Blames Insurgents
A motorcycle bomb killed three civilians and wounded two dozen others on Monday at a bustling morning market in Thailand's insurgency-hit south, the first such attack on a "soft target" in the Muslim-majority region for months.
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Thailand Cremates Late Supreme Patriarch, Years After His Death
Thailand today cremated the kingdom's top Buddhist leader more than two years after he died, in a long and elaborate ceremony attended by the Crown Prince.
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Bihar's Bodh Gaya temple dome inlaid with gold
The dome of Bodh Gaya's 1,500-year-old Mahabodhi temple, Buddhism's holiest shrine, has been inlaid with nearly 300 kg gold donated by devotees from Thailand -- giving the shrine a new look.
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'Misbehaving Monks': Massive Sex Scandal Shakes Thailand's Buddhist Clergy
Reverence for the saffron-robed Buddhist monkhood is deeply woven into Thai society, but a sex extortion scandal has besmirched the clergy and left the devout questioning their faith.
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Cemetery In Thailand Organises Movie Night For The Dead, Internet Calls It "Spooky"
A cemetery in Thailand has left the internet shocked by holding movie screenings for the dead.
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Eat, Pray, Exercise: Thailand's Buddhist Monks Battle Weight Problems
Every morning Buddhist monk Pipit Sarakitwinon takes walks around his temple and does hundreds of arm exercises, part of a new regimen aimed at shedding pounds as a health overhaul for members of the clergy gathers pace in Thailand.
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Special Train On Buddhist Circuit By December, Says Official
Indian Railways will run a special train equipped with world class facilities on the Buddhist circuit to attract tourists from Japan, China, Thailand and Sri lanka by the end of December this year, an official said on Wednesday.
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Rise Of Violent Buddhist Rhetoric In Asia Defies Stereotypes
Buddhism may be touted in the West as an inherently peaceful philosophy, but a surge in violent rhetoric from small but increasingly influential groups of hardline monks in parts of Asia is upending the religion's tolerant image.
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Motorcycle Bomb Kills 3 In Southern Thailand Market, Army Blames Insurgents
A motorcycle bomb killed three civilians and wounded two dozen others on Monday at a bustling morning market in Thailand's insurgency-hit south, the first such attack on a "soft target" in the Muslim-majority region for months.
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Thailand Cremates Late Supreme Patriarch, Years After His Death
Thailand today cremated the kingdom's top Buddhist leader more than two years after he died, in a long and elaborate ceremony attended by the Crown Prince.
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Bihar's Bodh Gaya temple dome inlaid with gold
The dome of Bodh Gaya's 1,500-year-old Mahabodhi temple, Buddhism's holiest shrine, has been inlaid with nearly 300 kg gold donated by devotees from Thailand -- giving the shrine a new look.
