Feb. 18 (Jiji Press)--Buddhist priest Kodai ... Furutani, 30, deputy chief priest at Unmonji Temple in the city of Annaka, Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan, joined Sophia University's Institute ...

In a CGTN story discussing the importance of Kumarajiva and Buddhism in Xinjiang, one monk talked about how Japan also learned Chan Buddhism (Japanese Zen Buddhism) from China. Other typical ...

American cook and food writer Jody Eddy’s friendship with Shinobu Namae, the chef behind three-Michelin-star Tokyo restaurant L’Effervescence, was ultimately what gained her access to the ...

and he is now a Zen Buddhist priest. Kilroy meets me at the door of Dublin Zen Centre on Anglesea St in Dublin’s Temple Bar. Inside the cushion and floor mat-filled space, full with a scent of ...

KYOTO--Inspired by a priest’s belief that Buddhist practices should evolve, the bodhisattva of compassion and mercy has manifested himself as a robot at a temple here. The android edition of ...

In a monastery in central Myanmar, a Buddhist monk, Wathawa, rallies his militia with a cry: “What’s our spirit like?” “The spirit of iron!” shout a group of rifle-bearing men ...

A fire at a Buddhist temple in New York City has left two people dead, including a Buddhist monk. New York City fire officials say the fire broke out around 6 a.m. Wednesday in the Bronx.

Japanese funerals follow a structured sequence rooted in Buddhist customs: Held the night before the funeral, the wake is a gathering of close family and friends. A Buddhist priest chants sutras, and ...

A monk and a visitor were killed Wednesday morning by a fire that destroyed a Bronx Buddhist temple and two surrounding buildings, FDNY officials said. It was the second time this week a parked ...