Sentence examples for conversion to buddhism from inspiring English sources

More recent works seem to portray Budai, the bald, round-bellied itinerant monk of Chinese painting, and reflect the artist's conversion to Buddhism.

Doesn't that sound exactly right when you are stuck on Expressway, looking at a sign that says "Long Delays Ahead?" But a mass conversion to Buddhism seems unlikely.

The monastery was built by the Sinhalese king Devanampiya Tissa not long after his conversion to Buddhism by the Indian monk Mahendra.

His wife's unexpected conversion to Buddhism "seems like the start of a classic conflict story," he observes; "everything has suddenly sped up, as if someone wanted him involved in a less slow novel".

The story follows the Stein family from the Northeast to California and back, jumping in time from Ira's childhood as a suburban Jewish delinquent to his impassioned conversion to Buddhism to his diagnosis -- at the age of 19 -- of terminal brain cancer.

It's all part of Mr. Li's conversion to Tibetan Buddhism three years ago.

This text itself was commented upon by the important 4th- or 5th-century Buddhist thinker Vasubandhu in his Abhidharmakosha, prior to his conversion to the Mahayana tradition of Buddhism.

The conversion of the Mongols to Buddhism (c.

Meanwhile, British missionaries deliberately targeted ethnic minorities for conversion to Christianity, weakening the institutional power of Buddhism in the colony.

Oriental themes are also present on the album, as a result from her conversion to Kabbalah, her study of Hinduism and Buddhism, as well as her daily practice of Yoga; songs like "Sky Fits Heaven" and "Shanti/Ashtangi" are examples from these activities.

Conversion to Islam was more common in areas where Buddhism had once been strongest Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Kashmir.