Increasing number of Asian Americans say they have no religion: study

The Pew Research Center has released data indicating a decline in religious affiliation among Asian Americans.  Religiously unaffiliated: In...

Korean temple’s tours sell out as people flock to meet online heartthrob ‘Flower Monk’

A ticket sale for a temple night tour program in South Korea was reportedly sold out hours after it opened its booking after announcing that...

Sky burials explained: Why Tibetan Buddhists offer their dead to be eaten by vultures

Tibetan Buddhists have a unique funeral custom called sky burials, in which the dead are taken to a high-altitude area for vultures to consu...

Temple thief claims Buddha gave him an ‘OK’ sign to take donation money

Ye told authorities that the Buddha statue granted him permission to take the money as indicated by its hand gesture resembling the widely r...

Hundreds of Tibetans rally in support of Dalai Lama in France amid video controversy

Around 1,000-1,500 Tibetans gathered in front of the France Television office in Paris on Saturday to show their support for the Dalai Lama ...

Tibetans say Dalai Lama’s ‘suck my tongue’ incident was misrepresented by CCP propagandists

Tibetans are speaking out following the Dalai Lama’s apology after a video of him kissing a young boy went viral, claiming that the act is b...

Dalai Lama apologizes after video shows him kissing boy, asking him to ‘suck my tongue’

The Dalai Lama, the foremost spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism, has apologized after a video of him kissing a young boy and asking him to...

New study finds Buddhism can lower the risk of depression

Researchers at Chiang Mai University in Thailand have linked the observation of Buddhist precepts to a lower risk of developing depression....

First Tibetan American mayor gets advice from Dalai Lama during ‘once-in-a-lifetime opportunity’

Aftab Pureval, Cincinnati's first Tibetan American mayor, met the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala, India, on Monday. According to Radio Free...

5 suspects assault monk in Nashville Buddhist temple robbery

Metro Police are searching for five suspects who attacked a Buddhist monk at the Wat Lao Buddhist Temple in South Nashville, Tennessee, on ...

Thai Buddhist monk claims whiskey helps prevent COVID-19 after being busted for DUI

Phra Thanakorn, 63, is a Buddhist monk from Thailand’s Mueang Loej district who recently got caught driving intoxicated by local police. T...

Elderly Thai Buddhist monk injured after argument over offerings turns into physical fight

Two monks in Thailand got into an argument that escalated into a physical fight in Nonthaburi Province, Thailand, at around 5:30 a.m. on Ju...

Buddhist monk in Thailand found drunk and passed out while exposed inside temple on Thai New Year

A 50-year-old Buddhist monk in Thailand earned the ire of local villagers after they found him drunk and passed out while fully exposed ins...

Thai Buddhist monk to charitably donate $500,000-plus fortune he won from a lottery

A monk working at Wat Phra That Phanom Woramahawihan in the Nakhon Phanom province in northeastern Thailand has been donating the 18 millio...

Vietnamese peace activist, writer and Buddhist monk Thích Nhất Hạnh dies at 95

Prominent Buddhist monk, writer and Vietnamese peace activist Thích Nhất Hạnh passed away at the age of ninety-five. Plum Village, the first...

Pchum Ben, Cambodia’s ‘Festival of the Dead,’ will end early due to COVID-19

October 5 marks the beginning of Pchum Ben, a 15-day religious festival in Cambodia during which Buddhists commemorate seven generations of ...

Japanese Monk Goes Viral After Beatboxing With Meditation Chants

A Japanese Zen Buddhist Monk has gone viral for incorporating beatbox into meditative chanting and sounds. Yogetsu Akasaka, 37, received att...

Japanese Master Teaches ‘Shojin Cuisine’ to One of the Best Chefs in the World

As parts of the world transition to a more plant-based diet, restaurants offering “Shojin” cuisine have become more accessible, drawing patr...