And while some, including Buddhist monks, saw the self-immolation as a political act, Thích Vĩnh Hóa does not. "Sometimes, it's misconstrued as a political act. It's not at all," he said.

TOKYO (AP) — A 14th century Korean Buddhist statue stolen from a Japanese temple nearly 13 years ago was returned on Monday, following a yearslong legal battle between Japan and South Korea over ...

Thankfully, an arrest has been made but not before at least five temples suffered property damage. Police say a 49-year-old suspect was arrested and charged with a series of hate crimes. So far ...

Buddhist monks are typically trained to live austerely, wearing plain robes and few accessories. Kodo Nishimura does anything but. He tends to his family’s temple in Tokyo while working as a ...

The 1993 film Groundhog Day features egotistical weatherman Phil Connors, played by Bill Murray, reliving the same day over and over. While the movie is beloved as a comedy, many religious scholars ...

I was asked to give a brief overview of the subject of the Buddhist-Christian dialogue, looking back over its history and looking ahead to its future. I begin with two caveats. First, of necessity, ...