Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Between long sessions of meditation and chanting at a Zen monastery just outside Clatskanie, Buddhist-in-training Bob Posert ...

At the end of a stretch of cracked asphalt shaded by a canopy of branches, a hidden refuge is tucked away less than two miles from the bustle of downtown McKinney and a world away from the ...

Monasteries look like idyllic places where time stands still, and your soul enjoys complete peace. These stone buildings with their gardens and intricate iconography look like heaven on earth, but the ...

Ladakh is a predominantly Buddhist region renowned for its ancient monasteries, spiritual traditions and breathtaking ...

The young Buddhist lama sat on a throne near an altar decorated with flowers, fruits and golden statues of the Buddha, watching the celebrations of his 18th birthday in silence, with a faint smile.

(RNS) — Sister Mary Magdalene of the Immaculate Conception Prewitt, a 38-year-old nun in the Dominican order, is often asked how she got from her upbringing in Kansas to life in a monastery in New ...

Monks at a Himachal Pradesh monastery prepare daily meals collaboratively, including thick rotis and tea Breakfast preparation starts around 1 AM with monks sharing kitchen duties twice a month ...

A Monastery in Time is the first book to describe the life of a Mongolian Buddhist monastery - the Mergen Monastery in Inner Mongolia - from inside its walls. From the Qing occupation of the ...