Red City Monastery was a thriving Tibetan Buddhist institution that attracted tens of thousands of wealthy pilgrims a year. Now it's under investigation. Buddhism is becoming very popular in China. It ...

NEWPORT, Wash. (FāVS News) — By some they’ve been fondly called the “nuns from Newport.” For years, a group of women with clean-shaven heads wearing traditional Tibetan monastic red robes have been ...

Thirteen monks have been awarded the Geshe Lharampa, the highest academic degree in the Geluk school of Tibetan Buddhism, ...

Mindfulness is mainstream. There are mindfulness retreats that will set you back thousands of dollars. Entire sections of libraries and bookstores are devoted to the subject. My kids learn mindfulness ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Local Buddhists recently promoted the benefits of vegetarianism by taking a festive approach. The Veggie Festival on Saturday at ...

A fire destroyed the main meditation hall at Tassajara Mountain Zen Center in Central California, as monks neared the end of ...

Bon Odori dancers circle their kimono-clad instructor Izumi Pierce, as she takes deliberate steps to the beat of a massive taiko drum. Buddhist Mari Haworth stands in an audience of around 20 ...

HAMPTON, Minn. (AP) — The Buddhist community anchored by an ornate temple complex here in the Minnesota farmland is trying a new way to ensure its faith and ancestral culture stay vibrant for future ...

Covered in the immense shade of live oak trees, the grounds of Baton Rouge’s Tam Bao Temple exude peacefulness. Tucked into a large lot on Monterrey Boulevard not far from Florida Boulevard and ...

Buddhism is becoming very popular in China. It turned one Tibetan Buddhist monastery into a thriving pilgrimage site - that is, until this year when it possibly got too popular. NPR's Emily Fang ...