A devotee offers milk while praying in a temple on the occasion of Buddha Purnima festival in Kolkata, India, Monday, May 12, ...

Gaya (Bihar) [India], May 13 (ANI): On the occasion of Buddha Purnima on Monday, Buddhist monks gathered near the Sleeping ...

Buddhist monks chanted verses, praying for the deceased, who had been one of them. One monk, Ashin Javanar Linkhara, then held his dead colleague’s robe to his forehead and whispered the phrase ...

Shekhar Kapur recalls a transformative encounter with a Himalayan monk that marked the beginning of his spiritual journey.

Buddhist monks in Sri Lanka have urged the British government to help protect some ancient Buddhist relics that descendants of a colonial-era explorer have set for auction. The relics — bone and ash ...