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This will be the ninth tour through the Upper Keys for the Tibetan Buddhist monks and all events are free and open to the public. Their last Upper Keys visit took place in 2020 right before the ...

Sitting opposite me in a small teak pavilion, the saffron-robed monk, known as Sone ... He brought me prayer beads to count as a way to “give work” to my mind, and introduced me to walking ...

Click here to find out more. As rescue workers waded through rubble in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in China's remote Tibet region in January 2025, a picture of Tibetan Buddhist monks clearing ...

A Buddhist monk has been mauled to death by his own pet pit bull, which launched a brutal attack on the man's face. Phra Bandit Bootsen was feeding the one-year-old pup named Jord, when it latched ...

According to Garnayak, the latest excavation aims at unearthing the partially visible structures and sculptures “and to find out if any shrine complex/chaitya complex — a sacred Buddhist assembly or ...

Work on the temple precincts is believed to have begun in 827 under the guidance of the Buddhist monk Jichie, Kūkai’s great disciple, and Shinjō, one of Jichie’s followers. According to the ...

now living as a Buddhist monk under the name Gyalten Samten. Her journey reflects a spiritual shift as she dedicates herself to a new path. Barkha Madan first rose to prominence in the modeling ...

Sri Lanka rarely convicts Buddhist monks, but this marks the second time that Gnanasara, who has repeatedly been accused of hate crimes and anti-Muslim violence, has been jailed. The sentence ...

Galagodaatte Gnanasara was convicted on Thursday for the remarks, which date back to 2016. Sri Lanka rarely convicts Buddhist monks, but this marks the second time that Gnanasara, who has repeatedly ...