It’s Friday and my alarm goes off at 4 a.m. I shower, brush my teeth and I’m out the door into the brisk air. I pick up two friends who are crazy enough to join me on this early morning adventure.

(RNS) — Every year, between the sixth and seventh months of the lunar calendar, nomad tribes gather in the tiny Tibetan village of Ser Geyrgo for a prayer festival that is meant to invoke heaven. (RNS ...

Beginning in April, on first Sundays, the Tibetan Buddhist Learning Center at 93 Angen Road in Washington, 908-689-6080, will hold a morning prayer and meditation session in the temple. Recited in ...

An ancient Buddhist prayer elaborated by Chinese calligrapher Jao Tsung-i will be displayed on giant wooden pillars in the hills behind the Po Lin Monastery on Lantau Island, the government has ...

The Houston Fire Department told KTRK-TV Channel 13 that no on was inside at the time, and there were no injuries. The alarm went off about 1:45 a.m., alerting seven monks who live next door on the ...

There are certain Buddhist lifestyle habits that bring a significant shift in your physical and mental wellbeing. Some of ...

BERLIN, GERMANY—Popular Science reports that German scientists used advanced technology to virtually unroll a delicate ancient Buddhist scroll. For centuries, Mongolian nomads often carried portable ...

A prayer altar in the main gathering hall at the temple Wat Ratchapradit in Bangkok, Thailand. Theravada, which means “the way of the elders,” is one of the two main schools of Buddhism. Its adherents ...

MIDDLETOWN -- Their hands clasped around incense and prayer beads, men, women and children proceeded up 18 steps behind a statue of Buddha Shakyamuni to the Chenrezig Tibetan Buddhist Center. Some ...

KYOTO -- Monks and worshippers here began an all-night Buddhist prayer chant at Chion-in, the head temple of Buddhism's Jodo sect, on the evening of April 18. The "Midnight Nembutsu in Gyoki" event is ...