The smallest book in the world can be found in Croatia, more specifically in a monastery on a tiny island surrounded by turquoise waters.

As a longtime abbot of Shaolin Temple, Shi was supposed to focus on spiritual practice, serve as a role model, and promote Buddhist teachings. Instead, he disregarded the laws and Buddhist regulations ...

Chinese social media continues to buzz with calls for the removal of the monk, who is accused of scandals. But the temple's ...

The Buddhist association in Central China's Henan Province has vowed to abide by the law and regulations and maintain a pure heart and uphold the precepts, following news that Shi Yongxin, the former ...

To answer that question, first, a bit of history on Thich Nhat Hanh. Hanh was born in Vietnam in 1926, becoming an ordained monk at the age of 23. He soon became an activist and peaceworker, and, in ...

The house is characterized by its organic materials, abundance of warm wood and historic details, including 500-year-old monastery gates and hand-carved Indonesian stone baths ...

The story of the Daruma doll begins not in Japan, but rather in ancient India, with a remarkable monk named Bodhidharma.

PM Modi received a Daruma doll in Japan, symbolizing the enduring legacy of Bodhidharma, the Tamil monk who founded Zen Buddhism and is revered in both China and Japan.

Although the Japanese are considered to be the pioneers of matcha, key elements of its production originated in China, experts say.

In the sixth century, Christian monks built St. Catherine's Monastery in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. The monastery is believed to be located at the very place where God appeared to Moses via a burning ...

A Russian Orthodox monastery's plan to build a church on its Saint James campus advanced after Head of the Harbor’s planning board approved the site plan. The Monastery of the Glorious Ascension on ...

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