(RNS) — Every year, between the sixth and seventh months of the lunar calendar, nomad tribes gather in the tiny Tibetan village of Ser Geyrgo for a prayer festival that is meant to invoke heaven. (RNS ...

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 ...

Beating a rock statue of Buddha to wish for a good new year and an abundant harvest, villagers in China’s eastern Fujian province have a unique way of worshipping the deity. Beating a rock statue of ...

As world governments meet here to discuss global wildlife trade, revered Thai Buddhist leaders today held the first-ever Buddhist merit-making ceremony to pray for the tens of thousands of elephants ...

Union Minister Kiren Rijiju visited Bhutan to retrieve Lord Buddha's relics displayed during a cultural event symbolizing India-Bhutan bonds. Part of the Global Peace Prayer Festival coinciding with ...

Gaya: The world can overcome all difficulties by praying to Buddha, said Tibetan spiritual leader the 14th Dalai Lama in Bodh Gaya on Saturday morning. In a brief message, after offering prayers for ...

THIMPHU — Bhutan bid farewell to the holy Lord Buddha relics from India enshrined at the Grand Kuenray Hall in Thimphu on ...

LAGUNA BEACH Prayers for compassion filled the Neighborhood Congregational Church this week, taking the form of an intricate sand painting and a butter sculpture. Buddhist monks from the Gaden Jangtse ...

Korean monks recite a joint prayer. In Seoul, 10,000 people prayed in the city’s most important temple. Top monk appeals to South Koreans to become one in bringing peace. President Moon asks Buddhists ...

At the first-ever traditional Buddhist merit-making ceremony to pray for the tens of thousands of elephants poached annually, revered Thai Buddhist leaders will call upon their congregations and other ...