A Buddhist monk in Japan has begun a 12-year period of solitary retreat as he undertakes to care for the tomb of the founder of Tendai Buddhism.
Japanese temples are turning to financial markets as traditional sources of revenue decline
The abbot of a 14th-century monastery in Ayutthaya, Thailand, was arrested this week under suspicion of embezzling 92 million baht (US$2.8 million).
Forty Buddhist monks appear in a new sportswear campaign photographed at Thiksey Monastery
The Utah gathering included a candlelight procession, Buddhist ceremony, Dharma teaching, and local peace walk
Joseph Houseal witnesses the cham of the wrathful protector Heruka, and reflects on the years of monastic discipline that make the transformation possible
A senior Buddhist monk is reported to have been killed during an airstrike by Myanmar’s military, in Karen State’s Myawaddy Township on 28 July.
The guidance emphasizes morality, meditation, wisdom, communal harmony, and regular Uposatha observances
Ajahn Jayasaro has become the first foreign-born monk in Thailand’s history to be elevated to the senior monastic rank of Somdet Phra Rachakhana.
The first two English volumes of the Lamp Transmission Record by Master Hsing Yun debuted at Fo Guang Shan Nan Tien Temple in Australia.
Ven. Pomnyun Sunim responds to questions about living with meaning, and making a difference
The monks had begun a 260-kilometer walk to Ubon Ratchathani shortly before the crash
