How irony.On the very day meant to commemorate the Buddha's first sermon, the founding of the Three Gems -- the Buddha, Dhamma, and Sangha -- and the beginning of the monkhood itself, the country was ...

Several Buddhist monks in Thailand were arrested in a $8.9 million embezzling scheme. ... when police took into custody the temple abbot and a famous monk, Kom Kongkaew, ...

The first arrests in the case occurred last Friday, when police took into custody the temple abbot and a famous monk, Kom Kongkaew, who were accused of stealing over 180 million baht ($5.3 million ...

Ever modest, Boniface never mentioned that he’d known the famous Kentucky monk personally. (Karen O’Brien Taylor) Brother Boniface Ptasienski, who first told the author about Thomas Merton ...

Abingdon’s famous monk on a roundabout has once again toppled over – sparking fears it is now irreparable. The monk, on the ...

A Vietnamese monk who became an internet hit last year is going international. Thich Minh Tue, 44, is on a 1,650-mile barefoot pilgrimage across Thailand and Myanmar to Buddhist sites in India—if ...

Famous monk's remains found. Monks from Ampleforth Abbey still run the school. The body of a Benedictine monk who founded one of England's top public schools is being returned home 200 years after ...

Renowned monk V. Vajiramedhi has denied speculation of a link to embattled direct seller The iCon Group after a brief clip of a long sermon he delivered went viral on social media platforms.

In “The White Lotus” universe, Luang Por Teera is referred to by one of the characters in the third season of the American series as the “most famous monk in China.” But in Thailand, the ...

Abingdon’s famous monk on a roundabout has once again toppled over – sparking fears it is now irreparable. The monk, on the roundabout at Marcham Road and Nuffield Way, has been a landmark for those ...