Vietnam aims to carve world’s biggest jade Buddha
HAI DUONG, Vietnam (AP) — One of the flamboyant entrepreneurs making it big in booming Vietnam unveiled a massive precious stone on Monday that he plans to transform into the world’s largest jade...
View ArticleThe future of Buddhism: Alcohol and rap?
Buddhist monks in Japan are using alcohol and hip hop music to attract followers to a religion that has remained unchanged for centuries
View ArticleChina urges U.S. to cancel Obama’s Dalai Lama meeting
China has urged the United States to 'immediately withdraw' plans for President Barack Obama to meet with the Dalai Lama
View ArticleObama has low-key meeting with Dalai Lama at White House
President Obama met the Dalai Lama on Thursday in a largely ceremonial affair that nonetheless has angered China but apparently delighted many Tibetans unhappy with their treatment by the regime in...
View ArticleObama-Dalai Lama meeting mishandled
When President Obama failed to meet with the Dalai Lama last fall before going to Beijing, that non-meeting became shorthand for his administration’s overly solicitous approach to China’s sensitive...
View ArticleWhat happens when the Dalai Lama dies?
The exiled Tibetan religious leader's 75th birthday approaches, leaving speculation as to who will lead after his death
View ArticleCambodian Buddhist monk Net Khai accused of secretly filming nude women
Cambodian Buddhist charged with filming women bathing in temple's holy water
View ArticleFuneral pyres an option in Colo. mountain town
With a torch, Belinda Ellis' husband lit the fire that consumed her, sending billows of smoke into the blue-gray sky of dawn
View ArticleAtheists seek chaplain roles in military
'[Secular humanism] answers questions of ultimate concern; it directs our values'
View Article105-year-old Zen Buddhist master allegedly groped female students for over 50...
Buddhist leaders ignored years of accusations against famous 'roshi'
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R.I.P. Adam 'MCA' Yauch
View ArticleWhy Do Tourists Keep Getting Naked At Cambodian Temples?
'we don't understand why they're doing this'
View ArticleTurkish Students Demand Jedi, Buddhist Temples Alongside Campus Mosques
Turkey finds students' lack of faith disturbing
View ArticleActivists Angry As Buddhist University In Colorado Takes Steps To WHACK 100...
'You don't kill animals'
View ArticleComments on Buddhism, Tiger Woods upset faithful
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — When Fox News analyst Brit Hume suggested last weekend that Tiger Woods turn to Jesus to deal with his sins, critics argued that Hume showed little knowledge about Buddhism, the...
View ArticleZen master: Vietnam paid mobs to evict followers
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A famous Zen master has accused Vietnam’s communist government of hiring mobs of people to violently evict his Buddhist followers from two monasteries. Thich Nhat Hanh, who helped...
View ArticleHoly Moly! You Can Buy Priests On Amazon In Japan
One can now buy a Buddhist priest in Japan with just a click of the mouse on Amazon, according to the New York Times. The new trend is reportedly disrupting the traditional model of Japanese funerals,...
View ArticleUS Extradites Fraudulent, Womanizing Monk To Thailand For Prosecution
'multiple sexual affairs'
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