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.

A group of Tibetan Buddhist monks — from Mundgod, Karnataka in India — are visiting the Island, with plans of blessing the ...

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 Buddhist monk who set up a hospice in Thailand for people with HIV/Aids has been arrested for alleged embezzlement of donations to the care home. Luang Phor Alongkot, 65, was arrested Tuesday at his ...

A Buddhist monk famed for establishing a hospice in Thailand for people with HIV/AIDS was arrested on Tuesday over ...

LAMPANG - Police have arrested a 27-year-old man for vehicular manslaughter after he killed a Buddhist monk collecting alms ...

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