Police said Pawan Kanti Barua, 62, who was masquerading as monk Propul Chakma from Arunachal Pradesh, was arrested from the Sleeping Buddha Temple based on an intelligence input ...

Many travellers venture to Shikoku for surfing, cycling and stand-up paddleboarding, but within Japan the island is renowned ...

She was once hailed by Gwyneth Paltrow as a “magnetic” sex guru who held the key to female pleasure. But after a damaging ...

A devotee offers milk while praying in a temple on the occasion of Buddha Purnima festival in Kolkata, India, Monday, May 12, ...

Valued at over $10 million, the sale of the relics, unearthed by British colonial engineer William Claxton Peppé, have sparked outrage among Buddhist monks, scholars and communities worldwide. Critics ...

“My husband doesn’t respond to me when I complain to him about something,” a middle-aged woman grumbles to Venerable Pomnyun, a well-known Korean Seon (Zen) Buddhist monk who is famous for ...

A Buddhist monk-turned-Evangelical pastor has opened up about briefly experiencing Hell during a near death experience, describing it as a barren wasteland full of giant demons, “agony” and “fear.” In ...

He maintains that he is not a monk or teacher and that he doesn’t carry the name “Thich”, which he says belongs to Buddha. He also says he is not part of the Vietnam Buddhist Association and ...

The Great Enlightenment Buddhist Institute Society (GEBIS) and one of its monks have been ordered to pay a total of $110,000 in fines following an occupational health and safety investigation into the ...

The Great Enlightenment Buddhist Institute Society (GEBIS) has been ordered to pay a penalty and fines totalling $100,000 for a tree-cutting incident on its property that killed one monk and seriously ...

Thousands of Buddhist believers and festival-goers filled downtown Seoul for Yeon Deung Hoe, or the Lotus Lantern Festival. Participants, some dressed in traditional Korean Hanbok clothing ...

A group of Tibetan Buddhist monks from the Drepung Gomang Monastery in India are working to promote harmony and cultivate compassion, one grain of sand at a time. As part of their Sacred Arts tour, ...