Thangka paintings Thangka paintings are Buddhist paintings, or Buddhist art you can call it too. Illustrations of Buddha and other deities and gods are painted on specific undergrounds like cotton and silk. Usually it’s a loose woven cotton on which the illustrations are painted. The size of thangkas vary. There …
Buddha Birthday Buddha Purnima and Buddha Jayanthi are two different terms for the same happening. This auspicious day has several names for it. Beside Buddha Purnima and Buddha Jayanthi it is also called Saga Dawa, Vesak, Vaisakh Purnima, etc. Depending on the Asian countries and its languages. The celebration of …
What is Vipassana? Vipassana is an old meditation technique to get to the stock room of the mind. You can also say to get to your deepest level of unconsciousness. You learn how to reach it and how you can empty old stock. Obvious that isn’t a quick and easy …