Buddhist monk Phra Mahapranom Dhammalangkaro is taking local action to upcycle Bangkok's plastic waste into brightly colored ...

She's running the very first Thai Buddhist Temple for female monks, promotes equality between men and women, and believes ...

KYOTO--Monks at Chion-in temple in Higashiyama Ward here did a test run of its famed hanging bell on Dec. 27 to prepare for the traditional bell-ringing ceremony on New Year’s Eve. In the test ...

Some items were buried underground. The first arrests in the case occurred last Friday, when police took into custody the temple abbot and a famous monk, Kom Kongkaew, who were accused of stealing ...

A Buddhist monk in Nonthaburi province, Thailand, had died after being attacked by a one-year-old pit bull at a temple. Forensic examiners believe he had been ...

Best known for kung fu, the monks are the custodians of Zen Buddhism in China. The meeting with the pontiff comes a few days ...

A female temple member has been fined for stalking and threatening a head monk after he ended their romantic relationship.

In a scandal that’s rattled the pious halls of a renowned Thai temple, a disgraced monk shakes foundations of Buddhist faith of Thailand.

As the famous setting of countless Kung Fu movies, the original Shaolin Temple of China was brought back from ...

According to the villagers, the chief monk instructed the bereaved family to pay Rs. 35,000 to the temple’s Dayaka Sabha and provide a receipt before he could officiate at the traditional “Panshukula” ...

A monk was found dead in his room with critical dog bite wounds and his pet dog, a one-year-old pit bull, at a temple in Muang district.Police from Bang Sri Munag station were called to a monastic ...

South Africa’s Johannesburg is now home to the largest Hindu cultural complex in the Southern Hemisphere. At the BAPS ...