But that wasn't always the case. The legendary Sohei warrior monks of medieval Japan were quite the opposite of the image of ...

A Buddhist priest who was drafted by the Japanese military and endured horrendous conditions, including witnessing the deaths of many compatriots, while detained in a Soviet internment camp near the ...

Of the tens of thousands of Japanese converted to Orthodoxy thanks to his labors, a significant portion were former Buddhists, and amongst his assistants were former Buddhist monks (Bhikkhu), for ...

(Bloomberg) -- ESG investing is so popular in Japan that even Buddhist monks are getting into it. One of the new investors is Tokuunin, a Zen Buddhist temple in central Tokyo. The religious group ...

"In Japan, it is not common for people to ... 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 ...

Korean national treasure the Stupa of State Preceptor Jigwang is finally erected at its original location at Beopcheon Temple ...

Buddhist monks are using their voices to reach out ... Such messages are not only delivered online. Temples in Japan usually have bulletin boards around their gates, not only to announce the ...

UNESCO’s executive board on May 24 approved the archives of the Buddhist monk Enchin (814-891 ... of the history of cultural exchanges between Japan and China. They are also important for ...

Four Buddhist monks are creating a mandala in the lobby of the Crow Museum of Asian Art at University of Texas at Dallas by ...

Buddhist monk Bhante Uttama spoke to the Yale community in William Harkness Hall on Sunday about his journey from founder and ...