ROME, Ga — Instead of traditional maroon and gold Tibetan Buddhist robes, ... 44, who describes himself as a Black Buddhist Southern Queen. “For me, it’s not about looking like a Buddhist.

Lama Rod Owens lies in the yard of his childhood home while he poses for a portrait in Rome, Georgia,on Saturday, March 30, 2024. Owens, a self-proclaimed Black Buddhist Southern Queen, grew up ...

“Being a Buddhist or a spiritual leader, I got rid of trying to wear the part because it just wasn’t authentic to me,” said Owens, 44, who describes himself as a Black Buddhist Southern Queen.

One by one, 13 Buddhist monks wearing brightly colored silk costumes and wide-brimmed black hats, stepped onto the ...

ROME, Ga (AP) — Instead of traditional maroon and gold Tibetan Buddhist robes , Lama Rod Owens wore a white animal print cardigan over a bright yellow T-shirt with an image of singer Sade, an ...

Unknown and untold to Black America is its glorious "Black Buddhist History" where British Historian Sir Godfrey Higgins writes in his 1836 book the Anacalypsis that all of the "Western Mythoses ...

Police have found a further 41 dead bodies at a horror Buddhist black magic cult in Thailand. Officers raided the twisted meditation retreat - where devotees believed they were being taught ...

ROME, Ga (AP) — Instead of traditional maroon and gold Tibetan Buddhist robes, Lama Rod Owens wore a white animal print cardigan over a bright yellow T-shirt with an image of singer Sade, an ...

“Being a Buddhist or a spiritual leader, I got rid of trying to wear the part because it just wasn’t authentic to me,” said Owens, 44, who describes himself as a Black Buddhist Southern Queen.