Sangjin, chief of the Taego Order, South Korea's second-largest Buddhist sect, during their meeting at the sect's ...

Until the sixteenth century, when power was dispersed, the Buddhist sects sheltered under the protection of the various authorities and competed for power. But once political authority was ...

Tokyo: One of Japan's biggest Buddhist sects said Tuesday it has launched a probe after a nun accused a monk of sexually assaulting her for 14 years and an eminent priest of turning a blind eye ...

Until recently, Tendai Buddhism was relatively unknown in North America, despite its historical influence on the founders of many of the most important Buddhist sects in Japan. The Tendai Buddhist ...

High in the hills of California’s rugged Big Sur country, 160 miles south of San Francisco, Tassajara is the site of the nation’s first and only Zen Buddhist monastery. Founded 18 months ago ...

They kneel Oriental-style on a living-room floor in West Hollywood, some 20 strong, facing a homemade altar and rolling Buddhist prayer beads between their hands. “Nam-myo-ho-renge-kyo,” they ...

Young Buddhist Association Indonesia is a youth ... people without thorough understanding of Dharma. Different schools (sects) of Buddhism are analogous to the different outfits that people ...