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At the end of Sunday service at the San Mateo Buddhist Temple, attendees come forward to drop incense into a burner.Â
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Throughout history, solar eclipses have had profound impact on adherents of various religions around the world. They were viewed as messages from God or spiritual forces, inducing emotions ranging from dread to wonder. Ahead of the total solar eclipse that will cross over North America on Monday, it's an appropriate time to take stock of these traditions and beliefs. Some Christians have believed that an eclipse portends the coming of the "end times" that will precede Christ's return to Earth. The Talmud – the collection of writings that constitute Jewish religious law – offers specific blessings for many natural phenomena, but not for eclipses. Instead, it depicts an eclipse as "a bad omen for the whole world."
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A group of Buddhist faith leaders and community members gathered in the city of Antioch for the "first national Buddhist memorial service and pilgrimage in response to anti-Asian hate." The goal of the March 16 event was to use karmic cleansing through chants, prayer and testimony to start healing racial trauma caused by the anti-Chinese immigrant discrimination and destruction of a Buddhist/Taoist temple in the 1800s. Buddhist leaders from a diversity of faith traditions came to the event titled "May We Gather." The gathering also marked the third anniversary of the Atlanta mass shooting in which six women of Asian descent were shot dead.
Diwali is the most important festival of the year in India and for Hindus in particular. It is celebrated across faiths by more than a billion people in the world's most populous nation and the diaspora. Over five days, people take part in festive gatherings, fireworks displays, feasts and prayer. Diwali is derived from the word "Deepavali," which means "a row of lights." Celebrants light rows of traditional clay oil lamps on this day outside their homes to symbolize the victory of light over darkness and knowledge over ignorance. Hindus, Buddhists, Jains and Sikhs all have their own Diwali stories.
The phrase we are all in this together came to mind in mid-March, as the Bay Area started sheltering in place. In their deepest sense, these w…
For 58 years he was a forensic pathologist for San Mateo County 1962-2020. He joked he might be the oldest practicing forensic pathologist in …
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — A New Jersey tot has made his inadvertent mark on an intricate sand display created by Buddhist monks.
