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Buddha Buzz Weekly: Nov. 3, 2018

The Rubin Museum offers free tickets to voters, Mongolian schools ban Halloween, and a Japanese temple rebuilds a hall after 301 years. Tricycle looks back at the events of this week in the Buddhist world.

By Matthew Abrahams

Pop Culture

Sento-kun: Half-Deer, Half-Buddha Boy

A couple of years ago, Sento-kun, a half-deer, half-Buddha boy mascot, was chosen to represent the 1,300th anniversary of Japan’s ancient capital being relocated to Nara. At first, the baby-faced boy with antlers (the deer is…

By Tricycle

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