The tale of a former Buddhist monk turned fraudster is one that defies ... For a few years, he was in charge of finances at a monastery. Then, in 1997, he immigrated to the United States, settling ...

The Greek Buddhist monk Nyanadassana has been a senior monk of the ancient Buddhist Theravada tradition for 37 years in Sri ...

In a monastery in central Myanmar, a Buddhist monk, Wathawa, rallies his militia with a cry: “What’s our spirit like?” “The spirit of iron!” shout a group of rifle-bearing men ...

The people of Myanmar have often turned to clergy during natural disasters, but the earthquake was also devastating for monks ...

For weeks, Tashi, a Tibetan Buddhist monk and self-taught conservation ... Four years ago, Tashi and Druk Kyab, another monk in the monastery in Baiyu, formed the Nyanpo Yutse Environmental ...

No matter what we do, no matter how we try, life changes—and that was the theme of the dismantling of the sand mandala, by ...

The Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile has expressed deep sorrow and outrage over the sudden and suspicious death of Tulku Rigzin ...

Bare-handed monks slowly pick away the rubble that was once the wall of a historic Buddhist monastery in Mandalay, its exposed side a searing reminder of the deadly earthquake that rocked the city ...

A top Tibetan Buddhist leader who remained missing for about eight months ... China’s northwestern Qinghai province summoned the abbot and seven monks from Longen Monastery to sign a document stating ...

A Buddhist monastery in Bangladesh has found renown ... “All of them pledged to protect us,” Swarupananda Bhikkhu, a monk at the monastery, said. “Our gates have always been open, regardless ...

A look at life in Kagyu Samye Ling Buddhist monastery in Dumfries and Galloway. Prayer and meditation are important parts of each day. When Buddhists pray they pray to the Buddha or other ...

The people of Myanmar have often turned to the clergy for aid during natural disasters. But last month’s earthquake was also ...