The tale of a former Buddhist monk turned fraudster is one that defies traditions and expectations. Lobsang Dargey built a real estate empire after arriving in the United States, but his lucrative ...

Transforming from a 12-year-old farmer boy into a monastic student and then a novice monk is my unforgettable memory. I have been interested in writing about Buddhism in Cambodia since I enrolled in a ...

In a monastery in central Myanmar, a Buddhist monk, Wathawa, rallies his militia with a cry: “What’s our spirit like?” “The spirit of iron!” shout a group of rifle-bearing men, loyalists ...

While other religions and cultures teach that homosexuality is sinful, Buddhist monk Kodo Nishimura is spreading the word that Buddhism preaches that all people can be liberated equally with no ...

An unholy spat is stirring the Sangha, Thailand’s top Buddhist authority – who will become the next Supreme Patriarch, Thailand’s most senior monk? Meanwhile, allegations of ‘cheque-book ...