Sentence examples for buddhist year from inspiring English sources

Some of the documents that Kiernan uncovered are dated 1883-1884, the Buddhist year 2426 or, the year of the Rooster "26," explains Kiernan.

Letter written on the 1st day of the waning moon of the 7th month of the lunar calendar, "the year of the Rooster, 26," probably Buddhist Year 2426 (1883-84).

In Thailand's Buddhist calendar, the year 2007 is supposed to be an auspicious time, heralding the Buddhist year of 2550 and marking the 80th birthday of King Bhumibol, who has ruled the kingdom for 60 years.

I bring back much from those Buddhist years that inform who I am as a Christian.

Although the answer is no (and I discuss why in the opening chapter of "Growing in Love and Wisdom"), my Buddhist years were not only essential to my ability to return to Catholicism, they greatly inform my Christian spirituality.

JUST before Songkran, the holiday marking the Buddhist new year, the Thai authorities sent out an edict banning traffic police from shooting at passing cars and pedestrians with water pistols.

And though lacking the colours of spring or the lushness of the late summer, it's is a time of crisp, days and freezing, star-filled nights – and the king's birthday and Buddhist new year celebrations are the same week.

As a country traditionally Shinto or Buddhist, New Year is the main culture and religiously significant event, and Krimbo was without longstanding rituals.

Going back to your introduction to Buddhism, I too was introduced to Buddhist teachings years ago.

The Nguyens are Catholics — at least they have been since Phuoc explained Jesus to his young Buddhist bride years ago.

Originally an agricultural region producing rice, peanuts (groundnuts), sweet potatoes, and other vegetables, Narita developed as a temple town of the Shinshō Temple, which is visited by millions of Buddhist pilgrims each year, thus generating an extensive tourist industry.