Prayers are being held at a Buddhist temple in Dumfries and Galloway to celebrate the life of co-founder Akong Rinpoche, who was killed last year. Last year, Buddhist monk Dr Choje Akong Rinpoche was ...

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On the first day back with their families after being recued from a flooded cave, the young Thai soccer team and their coach have visited a Buddhist temple to pray for protection from misfortunes. The ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Novice Buddhist monks offer prayers for peace at the Tergar Monastery, the site of an explosion, in Bodh Gaya, ...

Japanese monks and more than 100 friends and relatives of victims of the attacks on the World Trade Center on Sept. 11 gathered at and near Ground Zero Tuesday night for a Buddhist prayer service ...

The Global Peace Prayer Festival has commenced in Bhutan, marking the start of a landmark spiritual gathering that brings together Buddhist leaders, practitioners, and peace advocates from around the ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The religious bracelet on Tiger Woods’ left arm during his brief television interviews is a fairly common symbol of Buddhism, experts on the faith say. The two thin bands ...

A Lao Buddhist temple in Phoenix was robbed of $1,500 by a group of women who entered asking for prayers on April 8, sparking concerns for other temples. A group of 10 to 12 women came to the door of ...

Brad Pitt appears to be relishing the role of father to his and Angelina Jolie's adopted children - and this week the Hollywood hotshot is said to have taken his devotion a step further by having a ...

The young football players rescued from a flooded cave complex in Thailand have visited a Buddhist temple to pray for protection from misfortunes. Eleven of the boys and their 25-year-old coach spent ...