Gaya: Amid chanting of Buddhist sutras by monks of the Mahayana and Theravada traditions, the three-day annual Bodh Mahotsav ...

On this episode, we meet two foreigners living in Fukui - Jessie Shakuhokai from Switzerland who is the abbess of a Buddhist ...

A popular Japanese performing arts group is blending Buddhist chants with cyber aesthetics and electronic music.

Arrested in 1616 and martyred three years later, Blessed Leonardo Kimura faced torture and flames with a serenity that ...

Cyber NamuNamu is injecting new life into Buddhism with its electronic performances accompanied by Buddhist priestesses ...

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi agreed to step up cooperation between the ...

Iran has eased some restrictions and is allowing people to make international calls via mobile phones. Internet access and ...

Hatis Noit, who will perform Tuesday, Jan 20 at the Englert Theatre, layers her vocals and presents deep, baroque songs.

Dozens of worshipers took a deep breath and a brave plunge into icy waters at a Tokyo shrine Sunday, keeping afloat a New ...

An intriguing new book describes the spiritual journey Bowie travelled during his lifetime and the profound impact it had on ...

A group of Buddhist monks spent their night at the Nazareth Methodist Church in Leesville, S.C., after offering a blessing ...

Unusual 40-year-old tradition sees monk chant and employees pray for dead cockroaches, mites and fleas; critics find ceremony ...