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 ...

HBO’s "White Lotus" flirts with meditation—but its characters flee when things get real. A meditation teacher on what 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, ...

The season 3 finale of "The White Lotus" recently aired — with the episode featuring the "pong pong tree," a plant with fruit so poisonous that it is nicknamed "the suicide tree." While viewers ...

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 ...

Don’t worry, Victoria “I don’t want to take a test” Ratliff. “White Lotus” bingo is a game – a simple bit of fun to close out what has been a wildly enjoyable stay at the world’s ...

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 ...