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Nepal chooses toddler as its new ‘living goddess’Under the Radar Girls between two and four are typically chosen to live inside the temple as the Kumari – until puberty strikes
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Thailand's monk sex scandalIn The Spotlight New accusations involving illicit sex and blackmail have shaken the nation and opened a debate on the privileges monks enjoy
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How the next Dalai Lama will be chosenThe Explainer China 'determined to shape the narrative' around choice of Tibet's next spiritual leader
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Ancient India: living traditions – 'ethereal and sensual' exhibitionThe Week Recommends Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism are explored in show that remains 'remarkably compact'
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Tina Turner: five things you might not know about Queen of Rock ‘n’ RollIn the Spotlight Powerhouse singer and woman of faith, who initially hated her biggest hit, has died aged 83
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Dalai Lama tongue controversy: playful joke or ‘abusive’?Talking Point Video of the leader of Tibetan Buddhism asking a child to ‘suck my tongue’ has gone viral
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The Dalai Lama, reincarnation and China’s mounting Tibet problemfeature Mongolian-American boy unveiled as the third most important spiritual leader in Tibetan Buddhism
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Meditating monks have better gut bacteriafeature And other stories from the stranger side of life
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Thai temple’s monks all fail a drug testfeature And other stories from the stranger side of life
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Buddhists to open temple in outer spacefeature And other stories from the stranger side of life
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Dalai Lama taken to hospital in IndiaSpeed Read Spiritual leader in stable condition, says his personal aide
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Buddhist monk regrets swearing at reviewers onlineSpeed Read Daniel Kimura, who works at Sekishoin Shukubo monastery in Japan, called one former guest an ‘uneducated f***’
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Japanese monk sues temple saying work gave him depressionIn Depth Buddhist looking for £57,400 in damages after he said he had to work sometimes for two months without a break
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Sri Lanka declares state of emergencySpeed Read Tensions between Sinhalese Buddhists and Muslims erupt into biggest unrest since civil war
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