Beijing’s fourth-ranking official Wang Huning urges association to exercise ‘comprehensive and rigorous governance over the ...

The famous Shaolin temple, known for kung fu and Zen culture, a place of pilgrimage for followers worldwide, is under scrutiny. It has been discovered that its abbot had secret children with several ...

NEW DELHI, (ANI) – Bodhidharma, a revered Buddhist monk who lived during 5th or 6th century is credited for transmitting Chan Buddhism (the Chinese school of Mahayana Buddhism) in China. The word Chan ...

Prominent Tibetan Buddhist monk Geshe Phende Gyaltsen died in Chinese prison on January 26, according to Thursday reports from Radio Free Asia. Chinese authorities arrested Geshe Phende in March 2022.

One of China’s former highest-ranking Buddhist monks sexually harassed nuns, China’s top religious regulator said Thursday, just weeks after he strongly denied the accusations against him. In a ...

Money, sex and a Buddhist monk: Head of China’s famed Shaolin Temple under investigation Hong Kong (CNN) — China’s famed Shaolin Temple announced on Sunday that its abbot is under investigation for ...

A Chinese woman who was detained two years ago on suspicion of entering India illegally while posing as a Buddhist monk was sentenced to eight years in prison and a fine of Rs 50,000 by a municipal ...

Every Saturday evening, the monks of Wenshu Monastery in the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu offer visitors of all faiths a seat at their table. The sumptuous — and free — spread comprises dozens ...

(Updates with raid details in paragraphs 2-3) BEIJING, April 17 (Reuters) - Armed police raided a monastery in northwest China and detained dozens of Tibetan Buddhist monks on Thursday, following anti ...

In Nepal, the unseen eye has changed Tibetan life. The cameras are not just machines perched on the thick bundles of wires that twist through narrow lanes of Kathmandu in Nepal.

BEIJING (Reuters) - A Buddhist temple on the outskirts of Beijing has decided to ditch traditional ways and use technology to attract followers. Longquan temple says it has developed a robot monk that ...