The blooming of a lotus is said to mimic the Buddhist eightfold path — it grows from the mud (the cycle of life), it appears clean on the surface and floats above the mud (purification), before ...

Golden-green barley fields stretch alongside the winding lanes leading to the centuries-old Kemgun Gomba, a monastery located ...

Some wore royal clothes and jewelry, seated on lotus flowers, surrounded by halos and mythical creatures ... In the Gupta period, the Buddha had broad shoulders and a tiny waist. Later, Tibetan and ...

Starting with a sweet mix of pomegranate, persimmon, and green accord, Euphoria blossoms into a floral heart of black orchid, lotus blossom and champaca flowers, settling into a rich base of ...

"The White Lotus" on HBO has brought attention to Cerbera odollam, a highly toxic tree native to Southeast Asia known as the ...

Lotus flowers are planted in front of Van Mieu Park in Ward 1, Cao Lanh City, Dong Thap Province, southern Vietnam. Photo: Dang Tuyet / Tuoi Tre In the city center, about 150km from Ho Chi Minh City, ...

HBO’s "White Lotus" flirts with meditation—but its characters flee when things get real. A meditation teacher on what the show gets right and how to stay a bit longer than they do.

SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers for the Season 3 finale of “The White Lotus,” now streaming on Max. “Stop worrying about the love you didn’t get,” Chelsea (Aimee Lou Wood ...

“The White Lotus” has closed out its blockbuster third season with a bang. Well, a few actually. In Sunday’s stressful Season 3 finale, all the storylines came to a tragic climax, with ...

Spoiler alert: This story includes details of "The White Lotus" season finale ... almost peacefully, among flowers in a brook. In Rick and Chelsea's last shot together, the two undeniably echo ...

We've spent all season of "The White Lotus" trying to figure out which character will die. The finale delivered that and more: Two main characters and several supporting ones are killed off.