Powerful abbots once seen as untouchable now face investigation as Beijing reins in excess wealth and religious ...

Many monasteries lost their properties during the 1950s, while several temples suffered damage in the 1960s and 1970s.

China has launched a crackdown on powerful Buddhist monks suspected of misusing temple funds for personal wealth.

Thailand’s Sangha Council has reiterated its ban on monks acting as lottery fortune tellers, warning that the practice breaks religious discipline and the law. The reminder comes amid growing concern ...

Along a prefectural road 1 kilometer east of the local city hall lies a small boxing gym, headed by a 48-year-old priest of a ...

Several Tibetan monks from India are visiting the Island for the weekend, where they are meticulously constructing a medicine ...

A new dance production, presenting the life story of the legendary Buddhist scholar Kumarajiva (343-413), one of the greatest ...

A group of Tibetan monks from India are in the middle of a weeklong visit to the Island, where they are carefully ...

When the nonsectarian Dolma Ling Nunnery transitioned to female leadership earlier this year, for the first time in its three ...

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Cambodia's leader Hun Manet has accused Thailand of preventing more than 20 families from returning to their homes on the ...