This site is evidence of the development of Mahayana Buddhism in Bengal from the seventh century onwards. The monastery is quadrangular in form, with a colossal temple of a cross-shaped floor plan in ...

A look at life in Kagyu Samye Ling Buddhist monastery in Dumfries and Galloway. Prayer and meditation are important parts of each day. When Buddhists pray they pray to the Buddha or other ...

The Buddhist monastery was in continual use until the 7th century AD ... Today the ruins comprise a main stupa court, votive stupas court, a group of three stupas, the monastic quadrangle with ...

Behind them towered the wrathful Buddhist diety Mahakala with his crown of skulls, carrying a bowl of blood and the legendary weapon Vajra. The cham dance is performed in this monastery in the ...

The Karen Buddhist community in Melbourne recently bought a land to build a Karen monastery as the population of the group is growing. Moe Hnin Thwe, a chairperson of the Melbourne Karen Buddhist ...

Arriving in a small village in Dumfries and Galloway with a vision to set up a Buddhist monastery to preserve their culture, Samye Ling was built. One of the co-founders, Akong Rinpoche ...