the monk who leads the foundation. “We’re hoping one day there will be an edition for every Buddhist temple in the country.” The participants — 10 men and 10 women — had been told to ...

Raised without faith, Stephen Williams embraced Zen Buddhism before a surprising encounter led him to Catholicism and Opus ...

Sri Lanka rarely convicts Buddhist monks, but this marks the second time that Gnanasara, who has repeatedly been accused of hate crimes and anti-Muslim violence, has been jailed. The sentence ...

For example, in some Buddhist traditions women are ordained to a lower level than monks. Some Buddhist teachers, such as Ajahn Brahm, a Theravadin monk in Australia, have broken with tradition by ...

Durban's Buddhist Society will host Tibetan monk Chamtrul Rinpoche in a series of teachings and a retreat from February 19 to 23. PHOTO: Submitted Tibetan monk Chamtrul Rinpoche will give a series ...

Vijayawada:A total of 105 Buddhist monks, including 88 from America, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam, participated in the first international Tipitaka (Tripitaka) chanting programme.

JAIPUR – Over 1200 Buddhist monks from 17 countries, including India, have gathered in Ratnagiri in Jaipur for the first Guru Padmasambhava Chanting Program, which began on January 13 and will ...

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 ...