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The alms bowl is a symbol of monks, yet in Sri Lanka artisans are struggling as cheap substitutes flood the market, igniting ...
BANGKOK – At a Buddhist temple south of Bangkok, a monk watches as a machine presses down on thousands of water bottles, before a giant bale of crushed plastic rolls out with a thud. The plas… ...
The White Lotus: What the show gets wrong about Buddhist practices - ANALYSIS: Thailand and its Buddhist traditions provide the backdrop to The White Lotus season 3, Brooke Schedneck reports ...
Buddhist monks in Thailand fail drug tests, leaving temple empty 01:10. Thai police have arrested a Buddhist monk over allegations he embezzled more than $9 million from the prominent temple he ...
The way to serve the community, the Buddhist monk said, is when "everybody chips in." Bulkwang in Tappan and its members chipped in around $2,400 in food and monetary donations this year. The need ...
As Emily Coughlin of Pittsfield receives a tattoo by ordained Buddhist monk and tattoo artist Tashi Norbu there is a ritual, performance aspect to the process with prayers and chanting. Alexis Rosasco ...
The alms bowl is a symbol of monks, yet in Sri Lanka, artisans are struggling as cheap substitu­tes flood the market, ...
He was officially ordained on March 23 and received a Buddhist name, now wearing monk robes even at home. "This is all part of atoning for the wrong paths I’ve taken," he said.
It’s a bad abbot. Four Buddhist monks in Thailand have been shipped off to rehab after they all tested positive for meth. The holy men — including the temple’s abbot, or head monk — failed ...
Buddhist abbot Hsing Yun has died at age 95. Yun established the Fo Guang Shan monastery in 1967 and was an advocate for the political unification between Taiwan and China.
Thailand and its Buddhist traditions provide the backdrop to The White Lotus season 3, Brooke Schedneck reports ...