Shurei Sasai has been devoting his life to freeing people from discrimination based on the Indian caste system for more than ...

"In Japan, it is not common for people to ... After he became a monk, Nishimura told him Buddhism teaches that being LGBTQ+ is not an issue and that it is all right to be true to oneself and ...

Deep in the mountains of northern Wakayama Prefecture, nestled in stately tall trees, sits one of the most important Buddhist ...

Of the tens of thousands of Japanese converted to Orthodoxy thanks to his labors, a significant portion were former Buddhists, and amongst his assistants were former Buddhist monks (Bhikkhu), for ...

The series revolves around an unlikely friendship between a Buddhist monk and a delinquent youth ... sometimes displayed on bikers’ jackets in Japan. Many mistakenly believe it stresses ...

A Buddhist priest who was drafted by the Japanese military and endured horrendous conditions, including witnessing the deaths ...

(Bloomberg) -- ESG investing is so popular in Japan that even Buddhist monks are getting into it. One of the new investors is Tokuunin, a Zen Buddhist temple in central Tokyo. The religious group ...

Escape the crowds on El Camino on these alternative pilgrimages around the world. Follow in the footsteps of Buddhist monks ...

Buddhists throughout the world celebrate Bodhi Day, but they do not all celebrate Siddhartha’s enlightenment on Dec. 8. In ...

In the Theravada form of Buddhism followed in Southeast Asia, Gautama’s enlightenment is commemorated along with his birth ...