On Thursday, members of the public looked on in respectful silence as representatives of L.A.’s many faiths acknowledged the dead the way they might have wanted: with a Buddhist chant, a smudging of ...
University of Sri Jayewardenepura Ven Kudakathnoruwe Vineetha Thera said that the Buddhists perform the Bodhi Pooja, a ceremonial offering that includes chanting of gathas (sacred verses) and ...
JEWS BEGIN THE holy day of Yom Kippur with the haunting chant of Kol Nidre, All Vows. This prayer declares that promises made in the past year are null and void. To the uninformed, it may seem that ...