Buddhist Funeral Singapore services are more than a mere ritual – it is a spiritual journey that not only helps the families with their grief, but also helps to guide the soul of the departed to the ...

Incantations, music, and chanting have been used in rites and rituals since the beginning of time, with roots in ancient ...

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Never had I imagined that one day, he would bless my own daughter, pressing his forehead gently against hers, as if ...

An interview with Rev. Hunt Priest, who said “Why do we imagine that God is not still working through our visions, dreams, ...

In the stillness of dawn, just as the sun began to stretch its light across the sky, my grandmother would already be rising ...

After 14 years in hiding, when King Valagamba finally returned to reclaim his throne in Anuradhapura around 89 BCE, he paid ...

It's not every day somebody from Mt. Sterling, Ky. the small town I've lived in more than 50 years, is featured in The New Yorker magazine. The New Yorker is arguably the swankiest periodical in the ...

In Siem Reap (Angkor Wat's home) time folds like silk. We discover that, between the temple shadows and the ancient ruins, ...

The new coadjutor apostolic vicar of the Cambodian capital, appointed yesterday by Pope Francis, tells AsiaNews about the ...

In Chinese calligraphy, the white space (空白 kōng bái) is as important as the ink. It reflects the Daoist concept of emptiness ...

ARIES (March 21-April 19): In the days before lighthouses, some coastal communities used “fire beacons”—elevated structures ...