One by one, 13 Buddhist monks wearing brightly colored silk costumes and wide-brimmed black hats, stepped onto the ...

Namdol Phuntshok remembers carrying around rose beads and wearing only “red or yellow” so that her parents would understand her “calling” to become a nun. The y ...

Scandals, lavish lifestyles, and lack of transparency are eroding public trust in Thailand’s monkhood. Reform and community ...

Incantations, music, and chanting have been used in rites and rituals since the beginning of time, with roots in ancient ...

China has also sought to elevate other spiritual figures, particularly Tibetan Buddhism’s No. 2 figure, the Panchen Lama. A boy recognized by the Dalai Lama as the new Panchen disappeared soon after, ...

The former abbot of Wat Phra Phutthachai in Saraburi has admitted to a years-long romantic relationship with a woman known as "Sika Golf", saying he had even planned to leave the monkhood to marry her ...

In the case of Buddhist monks, they dedicate their lives to the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama and, ultimately, the pursuit ...