These are officiated according to Buddhist rites nearly 90% of the time ... the distinctive funeral customs and manners practiced in Japan and the basic flow of the rites in order to be prepared ...

Bright flowers and a photo of the dog were placed on a Buddhist altar and a crate made of willow wood ... dog food in front of the door to an incinerator in the ceremonial hall and made their final ...

NOBEOKA, Miyazaki -- One of the country's largest statues of Buddhist monk Kukai (774-835), posthumously called Kobo Daishi, at Imayama Daishi temple in this southwestern Japan city was purified ...

A set of documents from more than a thousand years ago that depict the history of cultural exchanges between Japan and China will ... approved the archives of the Buddhist monk Enchin (814-891 ...

“On the second day, we had to carry only dead bodies.” – Cleansing fire – Cremation is a core tenet of the Buddhist faith, with adherents believing it frees the soul from the body and ...

The monks perfected the practice of shomyo, a melodic singing of Buddhist sutras, and in its heyday the village had as many as 50 practice halls. Ohara also was a sanctuary for nuns, and is known ...

The baby was born in the aftermath of Myanmar's earthquake and given to the flames of Buddhist funeral rites two days later, too young to have been named. The child's pregnant mother was knocked ...