Fakes of Buddhist scripture uncovered

The National Palace Museum in Taiwan, which earlier this year unveiled 500 opulent volumes of the Buddhist Tripitaka in the Manchu language, has discovered that fake copies of the volumes, which sell for $ 62,000 US, have been being sold by two of its employees. Read more about the story, from the Associated Press, here.

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Buddhist Monks Of Tibet - Sand Chant For World Peace

EDIT: People couldn't seem to play nice, so comments have been disabled. For one week, the Buddhist Monks Of Tibet worked to create a complex sand painting in the name of world peace and then destroyed it to symbolize life and death. This video is of the chant they sing before destroying the sand art. ------- Hehehe, the first video I took using my little HP digital camera. I'm surprised how clear it really came out. :) Enjoy!

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