SWAT: Junsei Terasawa, a prominent Buddhist monk from Japan, on Sunday emphasised the profound historical and cultural connections between the ancient region of Gandhara and Japan, particularly in ...

Kendrapada: Nearly 1,000 Buddhist monks from 17 countries have arrived at Odisha's ‘diamond triangle' for a five-day chanting program dedicated to world peace. The event, being held at the ...

A Buddhist monk has been mauled to death by his own pet pit bull, which launched a brutal attack on the man's face. Phra Bandit Bootsen was feeding the one-year-old pup named Jord, when it latched ...

Kendrapada: Around 1,500 Buddhist monks, including 85 foreigners, will gather to meditate at the Buddhist sites of Lalitgiri, Ratnagiri and Udayagiri in Jajpur district from Jan 12 to 16.

Buddhist monks launched the padayatra to push the State government to fulfil various demands including the allocation of ₹500 crore for the Sannati Development Authority to take up ...

Galagodaatte Gnanasara leads a Sinhalese Buddhist nationalist group and is a close ally of ousted former president Rajapaksa A hardline Sri Lankan monk who is a close ally of ousted former ...

The series revolves around an unlikely friendship between a Buddhist monk and a delinquent youth. The young boy is a member of a motorcycle gang who happens to be well-versed in Buddhism ...

BANGKOK--Seven Buddhist monks are among nine suspects who are being held in pretrial detention after being arrested for allegedly embezzling assets worth about 300 million baht ($8.9 million ...

(RNS) — Each year, thousands of members of an influential Buddhist group journey to a retreat ... and endangered species and many wading birds.” The lawsuit, which also names Colonel Brandon ...

COLOMBO — A court in Sri Lanka jailed a politically influential, firebrand Buddhist monk on Thursday, put-ting him behind bars for a second time for insulting Islam and stoking religious hatred ...

Worshipping this mountain has long been part of Japanese culture. The area has connections to Shugendo, a spiritual practice combining Shinto and Buddhism. Monks once came here to seek enlightenment ...