(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 ...

A dear friend, an old Zen hand and an apprentice teacher on the koan way shared her Buddhist Lord’s prayer with me. I immediately asked if I could share it at my blog. And she graciously consented. I ...

It’s Friday and my alarm goes off at 4 a.m. I shower, brush my teeth and I’m out the door into the brisk air. I pick up two friends who are crazy enough to join me on this early morning adventure.

Rev. Qalvy Grainzvolt offers a prayer from the Shinnyo-en Buddhist tradition for the Week of Prayer for World Peace (image: Canva) As we pray for families in conflict, surely our hearts and minds turn ...

"Liberation from Sorrow" prayers are a wonderfully powerful and meaningful way to set a strong intention of compassion for all living beings for the new year. Tara is a female Buddha, a manifestation ...

Traditional Buddhist prayer altars are a breathtaking sight. The shrines range in size and ornamentation, but some of the most elaborate ones are spectacles of gold, painted wood, and statuettes that ...

BANGKOK — A day after they charmed and moved the world at an emotive press briefing, the boys and soccer coach rescued from a flooded cave in Chiang Rai, Thailand, are preparing to become Buddhist ...

Consul-General of the Royal Thai Consulate-General in Chennai, India, Racha Aribarg visited the Buddha Vihar temple in Vaiyavoor, under the Kancheepuram Corporation limits, offered prayers and ...