She's running the very first Thai Buddhist Temple for female monks, promotes equality between men and women, and believes ...

The first Western Buddhist nun to be fully ordained in Bhutan tells us her story.

SEOUL--A South Korean deejay dressed as a Buddhist monk bounced up and down on stage while playing electronic music and shouting: “This too shall pass!” The performance brought cheers from a ...

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 ...

After he became a monk, Nishimura told him Buddhism teaches that being LGBTQ+ is not an issue and that it is all right to be true to oneself and be happy with the loved one.

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 ...

SWAT: Junsei Terasawa, a prominent Buddhist monk from Japan, on Sunday emphasised the profound historical and cultural connections between the ancient region of Gandhara and Japan, particularly in ...

Kendrapada: Nearly 1,000 Buddhist monks from 17 countries have arrived at Odisha's ‘diamond triangle' for a five-day chanting program dedicated to world peace. The event, being held at the ...