NPR readers of different belief systems share the poignant rituals that make them feel close to their spirituality. For some, ...

Kornpat Kotchabhakdi used to be an atheist who refused to go to a temple with his parents who are Buddhists. When he became a lifestyle editor of a magazine, he became frustrated due to personal and ...

Greek Buddhist monk's four decades of meditation practice culminates in new publication examining how meditation can lead to ...

Just as the pandemic began to ease, Therese, at 96, passed away. But not before celebrating 38 joyful birthdays within the ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... MOUNG RUESSEI, CAMBODIA — On the grounds of a Buddhist temple, a crowd gathered in ...

Today, the statue in the New Jersey Buddhist Vihara and Meditation Center has become a hub for interfaith efforts and a ...

A Buddhist monk was declared the world's happiest man after taking part in a 12-year brain study led by a neuroscientist from ...

The monk's action of hiring another to sit the exam for him amounts to a serious violation of Buddhist monastic discipline, damaging the integrity of the religion. Mr Chusak said he has informed ...

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In the quiet darkness of Cave No. 5 of Ellora, past rows of stone slabs where monks might have sat, possibly meditated and dined, in circa 7th century AD, there is a cloud of maroon. A Tibetan ...

The Dalai Lama has a doctorate in Buddhist philosophy. And, by rising at 3.30am, he fits in at least six hours of meditation during the day (in between studying scriptures, giving audiences ...