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The ceremony is performed by a senior person of the community who has been a Buddhist monk at some stage, and special arrangements are made for the occasion. The practice involves preparing the pah kwan or the flower trays and placing at a central location for people to gather around it in reverential prayers.
[2] [3] [4] A kautuka is a woven thread, cord or ribbon, states the Indologist Jan Gonda, which is traditionally believed to be protective or apotropaeic. [3] The pratisara and kautuka in a ritual thread context appear in the Vedic text Atharvaveda Samhita section 2.11. [3]
In 1927, two years after the first radio station was opened in Japan, JOAK, the predecessor of NHK, began broadcasting a radio program "Joya no Kane". For the first two years, a Buddhist bell set up in the studio rang in the New Year, but in 1929, the program was broadcast live from a temple. The first live broadcast was from Senso-ji Temple ...
The ceremony is known as the Mangalya Dharanam (Sanskrit for 'wearing the auspicious'). Mangalasutra literally means "an auspicious thread" [1] that is knotted around the bride's neck and is worn by her for the remainder of her marriage. It is usually a necklace with black beads strung from a black or yellow thread prepared with turmeric ...
On Oct. 6, 2022, a fired police sergeant killed 36 people, including two dozen toddlers at a day care center. The shocking gun and knife attack spurred calls for tighter gun controls in Thailand ...
Pavāraṇā (Pali; Sanskrit: Pravāraṇā) is a Buddhist ceremony held on Aashvin full moon of the lunar month. This usually occurs on the full moon of the 11th month. It marks the end of the three lunar months of Vassa, sometimes called "Buddhist Lent." The ceremony is marked in some Asian countries where Theravada Buddhism is practiced.
Various numbers of loops and rings are employed, with each number being assigned symbolic significance on the basis of a variety of Buddhist numerical formulas. [3] Historical examples from the Famen Temple include staffs with one, two, or four loops and four, six, or twelve rings on each loop.
Shimenawa are used in Japan's Mountain Opening Ceremony, which is held every May 1. [5] There are over 100 Shinto believers who participate in this ceremony. [5] It is a 2-hour journey that they climb from Akakura Mountain Shrine to Fudō Waterfall. [5] The overall purpose is to carry the shimenawa and fix it between two towering trees. [5]