Hundreds of community members participate in the traditional Odori dancing on the first day of the San Jose Buddhist Church ...

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

This Buddhist monk blessed a Hasselblad camera at the Shaolin Temple –and Chinese social media had a field day with "enlightenment" puns ...

Disciples of Buddhism and honorary guests were treated to a vibrant grand opening for a new house of worship in central Las Vegas. Thursday morning’s festivities at the Benevolence Temple kicked ...

The Dalai Lama is a celibate monk who is the head of the Gelukpa sect of Tibetan Buddhism. He was awarded the Nobel Peace ...

(The Conversation) — With his delighted expression, round belly, bald head and monastic robes, the “Laughing Buddha” is instantly identifiable. However, astute observers might wonder why ...

A Canadian tourist died in a freak accident when he slipped on hotel steps and cracked his head on a Buddhist statue placed there for good luck. The holidaymaker Giroud Gilbert, 66, was walking ...

At Ta Prohm Temple in Cambodia, a statue’s head was reunited with its body after nearly a century apart. Simone Dinoia via Unsplash The pieces of a disarticulated statue of Buddha have been ...

For Buddha's birthday children in traditional robes attend Jogye temple in Seoul for the annual 'Children becoming Buddhist monks' ceremony.

BAIJNATH, India (AP) — Wearing colorful robes and fearsome masks, the monks high stepped and spun around around the sandstone courtyard to the sound of drums, cymbals and long horns.

Daisaku Ikeda, who headed Soka Gakkai, a Japanese Buddhist organization, that includes famed musician Herbie Hancock and other celebrities in its fold, has died at 95, the Japanese religious ...