But for one Frenchman, the is backed by science. Meet Matthieu Ricard, a Buddhist monk whose brain scans have left researchers in awe. The 79-year-old Frenchan, who escaped to the Himalayas when ...

A popular Vietnamese monk and his companions have headed to Malaysia from Thailand after they failed to enter war-torn Myanmar on their walking pilgrimage to reach India, the birthplace of Buddhism, ...

The monk's action of hiring another to sit the exam for him amounts to a serious violation of Buddhist monastic discipline, damaging the integrity of the religion. Mr Chusak said he has informed ...

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Kind tourists gave Buddhist monks a lift home on their motorcycles. The foreigners exploring the island on two-wheelers passed by the orange-robed religious disciples and offered to take them to ...

Survivors gather at Crescent Isle’s monastery, seeking hope from the Moonken Monks. Raziel Tenza, a Twilight Monk descendant, must stop the traitor Nox and restore peace, as internal conflicts ...

But layered alongside this is his embrace of Buddhism: he’s been a Buddhist since he was a teenager, and he is now a Zen Buddhist priest. Kilroy meets me at the door of Dublin Zen Centre on Angl ...

Ahmedabad, Feb 21 (PTI) More than 2,000 delegates, including Buddhist scholars and monks from India and 13 other countries, are slated to participate in the 6th International Conference on Buddhist ...

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – Unity at the Lake is excited to announce the return of the Tibetan Buddhist Monks to South Lake Tahoe on Wednesday, March 5 through Sunday, March 9. Most of the events ...

Video: Conflict-ridden Myanmar is potentially the most dangerous part of Thich Minh Tue journey. (Pimuk Rakkanam/RFA) Thich Minh Tue is a Buddhist monk who captured hearts in Vietnam last year when he ...