Archaeologists excavating the site of the former Yamashiro Kokubunji Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, recently uncovered the ruins of a massive building. The temple was built around 740 C.E. on ...

In 2022, every single monk at a Buddhist temple in central Thailand was defrocked after they tested positive for methamphetamine. The monks were sent to a health clinic to undergo drug rehabilitation.

Temple visitors take photos around the temple gardens during the grand opening of Tam Tu Metta Buddhist Temple in Morgan Hill, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024. (Thien-An Truong for Bay Area News ...

At her Thai Buddhist temple in Silver Spring, Maytinee Pramawat went to a closet filled with gilded headdresses and performance supplies and found what she needed: thin decorative red cones topped ...

On Sundays, dozens of Buddhist temple members join together to sing songs, or gathas, in a small room at Densho in Seattle’s Central District neighborhood.But the local nonprofit building isn ...

Criterion (iv): The Horyu-ji monuments represent the adaptation of Chinese Buddhist architecture and temple layout to Japanese culture and the subsequent development of a distinct indigenous style.

Brennan Mercury Feist was three weeks old during his Buddhist newborn blessing ceremony performed by monks Witiyala Seewalie Thera and Bisho Kirti Maharjan at the Minnesota Bhuddhist Vihara in ...

Thai Buddhist temple left empty after all its monks test positive for meth. December 1, 2022. 3 min. All four monks in the temple, including the abbot, were found to be using drugs.

It’s a bad abbot. Four Buddhist monks in Thailand have been shipped off to rehab after they all tested positive for meth. The holy men — including the temple’s abbot, or head monk — failed ...

Specialists work on the site in 2021. [Photo provided to China Daily] The finds have helped reveal the site's identity. Archaeologists now believe it was a Buddhist temple, first built in the 3rd ...