Tag: Cambodian Buddhism

Discover how Cambodia celebrates Māgha Pūjā (Meak Bochea), a sacred Buddhist full-moon festival of unity, reflection, and merit-making in temples ...

In Cambodia, acharya (Khmer: អាចារ្យ, commonly pronounced achar) refers to a learned ritual specialist who bridges royal, Brahmanical, and Buddhist ...

This inscription, found on a cremation place at a Buddhist temple, displays the four Khmer words: "កើត ចាស់ ឈឺ ស្លាប់" ...

During Pchum Ben, Cambodia’s annual festival for honoring ancestors, food offerings are made to Buddhist monks in the hope of ...

The Jataka tales (Khmer: ជាតក)—a monumental collection of 547 stories—chronicle the Buddha’s path to enlightenment across countless lifetimes. In these ...

A dvārapāla (Khmer: ទ្វារបាល tvea-bal), literally “guardian of the gate”, is a deity or monster placed on each side of ...

The Buddhist Institute in Phnom Penh (Photo: Sundgauvien38, CC BY-SA 3.0) The Buddhist Institute (វិទ្យាស្ថានពុទ្ធសាសនបណ្ឌិត្យ) in Phnom Penh is Cambodia’s ...