On woven plastic mats, women pray to a Buddha statue, barely visible through the thick jasmine smoke.
And it inspired me to re-read the Buddha with an eye out for leadership wisdom.
The monk who greeted them asked if they would like to view the temple's Buddha statue.
Mindfulness, an ancient practice that focuses your brain on the present, is as old as Buddha.
The shrine, housing a hair from the Buddha's head, is one of Myanmar's holiest and some 2, 000 years old.
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This is believed to be a sapling of the one under which Buddha gained enlightenment.
Being mindful of the here-and-now, Buddha said, reduces stress and brings inner peace.
Oriental schools looked to the works of Confucius and the sayings of the Buddha for these virtues.
We backtracked down the stairs to the Main Dharma Hall, where a golden Buddha dominated the room, flanked by Bodhisattvas.
My great-grandfather made a rule that every child in the family must have a name of the Buddha.
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The religious monuments are renown also for their evocative murals depicting scenes from the life of Lord Buddha.
It also advises that travellers "don't pose for photographs by standing in front of a statue of Buddha".
She goes outside and sets an incense cone inside of a ceramic Buddha.
The Tian Tan Buddha, or Big Buddha as it is often called, on Lantau Island is a must-sightsee.
" "It could be as simple as using a Buddha screen saver or having a cross at your desk.
Touts do their best to persuade tourists to buy what they claim are antique Buddha heads or clay figures.
And when a fist has come crashing through the gate of his guard, the otherwise Buddha-calm boxer has appeared flustered.
In 2010 two Sri Lankan Muslim traders were given suspended jail sentences for selling keyrings containing an image of Buddha.
In Buddhism, we say that the Buddha is in every being, all the time, whether you know it or not.
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On Wednesday a French daily, France Soir, ran the pictures along with drawings of Buddha and Christian and Jewish gods.
At the cavernous, Buddha-filled Baltimore salon where Ms. Stephens is employed, her fellow stylists find her archaeology work a bit mysterious.
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His image appears on every single one of his album covers - except the UK release of The Buddha Of Suburbia.
Reclining statues are a popular representation of Buddha and depict the final moments of his earthly existence as he enters the state of nirvana.
But that destruction has largely been forgotten as tourists flock to the newly renovated pagoda complex, where elaborate halls and temples venerate the Buddha.
There is a story about a farmer who approached Buddha and a group of monks while they were sitting in the forest.
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The performances took place in the forecourt of the Daibutsuden (the Great Buddha Hall) of the Todaiji-temple, a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Every day lorries loading and unloading manoeuvre right at the Buddha's feet.
This also involves preservation of the remaining fragments of the Buddha sculpture and niches in danger of collapse following the destruction in 2001.
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He claimed he would break down all social conventions in order to encourage worshippers to consider the teachings of Buddha with an open mind.
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