one of the 5 great world religions by the way it has its roots in my adopted home country of india buddhism is particularly widespread in asia but interest in the 5 eastern philosophy of life is growing here in europe too did you know that there is an entire buddhist region here you're a mixed reporter hendrik valuing visits at its far a series europe to the max. the the the golden temple in illis to. i'm listening to buddhist monks chant as part of the ritual ceremony. we were here in shura in the steps with people with very exotic songs welcome to. the i've made my way to the south eastern most part of europe. as an autonomous republic of the russian federation the pages between the caucuses and the. biggest buddhist temple in the country is in the capital this. is a nation's most important symbol. some 160000 buddhists live here coming just the only buddhist country in europe. the lama pillow talk or in part she has been the spiritual leader of the comics in buddhist since 1902. buddhism is not just a religion it's a way of life and when i say a way of life it's part of one's culture wit

route the goods came from some are conned the style of painting from ancient greece and the buddhism from india. fungi and she directed the conservation of the caves and their friends goes and has spent her life learning from them. tonally cool so the exchange along the silk road enriched arjen life in china it's good to learn from each other and be open that's how the world should be today to. suit their hunting. but didn't belong not only because china's former greatness it also reminds us of one of the country's greatest humiliations in the early 20th century european colonial powers robbed the caves of important manuscripts and scrawled paintings which are now held in museums around the world. for ties to food at the time the 29 esteem was in decline and because china's government was so weak the european researchers simply ignored the order not to remove the treasures from the caves so . 6 for china it was an arduous ascent from the plaything of the west to a new global power that is now extending its reach westward. looking. in doing plung we see the ideological foundations of the new sil