This mystical site, which sits along one of Europe's most beautiful stretches of coastline, is one of the continent's last ...

Photo by Bart van Leeuwen / Flickr (cropped from original). CC BY 2.0. This series examines monastic movements amid broader religious and cultural traditions. It explores the everyday life of monastic ...

The monks at the monastery in Norcia, Italy, are combining one of the world's oldest monastic traditions with a very 2016 trend: craft beer. Birra Nursia is a four-year-old, full-scale craft ...

This photo of Seoul Jingwansa temple cuisine is provided by the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism office. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) ...

They are the last regional remains of this culture that are still in a satisfactory state of integrity and authenticity. Furthermore, as places of pilgrimage, the monastic ensembles are living ...

In a solemn and spiritually profound ceremony, Brahmachari Suraj embraced full monastic life in the Digambara Jain tradition, ...

HUNDREDS of people in a village in Hlegu township took part in a grand procession to celebrate Shinbyu, a revered Theravada ...

The historical development of the site testifies to the development of Buddhism into a religion and the flourishing of monastic and educational traditions. Description is available under license CC-BY ...

Hundreds of people in a village in Hlegu township of Yangon region, Myanmar, on Saturday took part in a grand procession to celebrate Shinbyu, a revered Theravada Buddhist tradition.