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Ram Bahadur Bamjan Cult Flourishes

Nepal's boyish Buddha attracts naive and gullible pilgrims to his shrine in the forest.

December 5, 2005

Doubts about Fasting Buddha Boy

Ram Bahadur Bamjon's, who some thing is a reincarnation of Buddha,claims to live without food or water to be investigated.

November 28, 2005

Thaksin Shinawatra Stellar Excuse

Thai primeminister says astrology forces him to refuse to speak to reporters.

November 21, 2005

Ram Bomjon the Buddha Boy

Nepalese youth lives without eating and Buddhist monks profit from him.

Nepal's Living Goddesses

Nepalese cult of Kumaris young girls forced to live as living goddesses.

November 12, 2005

Kali Made Me Do It

Woman said voice of Hindu Goddess ordered her to torture and main her mair who she kept as a slave.

October 18, 2005

Ogyen Trinley vs, Thaye Dorje: Tibetan Buddhist Texas Death Match

Tibetan Buddhists squabble over which is Rumtek's 17th karmapa.

October 4, 2005

Buddhist Ringtones

Buddhist monks prefer prayerful verses on mobile phones.

September 25, 2005

Taoist bun-scrambles

They climb the towers and fight over the buns.

May 16, 2005

A Kumari's life

Young girls live temporarily and Buddhist and Hindu goddesses only to be tossed aside at puberty.

September 29, 2004

Tibetan monks go for the gold

Tibetan pilgrims being replaced by Chinese tourists in Tibet.

September 1, 2004

Shaolin monks seek trademark

Shaolin name used to sell a range of goods, from beer, wine and cigarettes to furniture and tires.

June 30, 2004

Sexist buddhists

Sexism and buddhism

January 29, 2004

Chinese reverting to superstition?

Chinese superstitions

January 20, 2004

Oriental elixirs

Oriental potions, lotions, TCM

January 18, 2004

Buddhists against the pledge

Buddhists do not believe in a creator god and oppose the Pledge of Allegiance

January 15, 2004

Chinese UFOs

I Had Sex with an Alien!

September 30, 2003

Superstition in China

China Hall of Science & Technology report on supersition in Communist China.

September 25, 2003

Traditional Chinese acupuncture is archaic

Skeptical Inquirer report on acupuncture and Chinese magic.

May 23, 2003

Herbal Sars cures in China

Chinese seek to cure Sars with turnips, ginger, silkworms, soup, cicada tea.

April 16, 2003

Boys' urine in high demand - for cooking eggs

Chinese gourmet cooking

March 9, 2003

It seems unlikely that Ms. Liu saw handcuffs in her future

January 4, 2003