WorldViews Traffic police said a Buddhist monk’s robes were a driving hazard. These priests are out to prove them wrong. A traffic ticket sparks an online movement among Japan’s Buddhist priests ...

Calling himself a "simple Buddhist monk" who usually didn't celebrate birthdays, the Dalai Lama marked his 90th on Sunday by ...

Buddhist monks took to Twitter in solidarity after one of their own was ticketed in Japan for driving while wearing religious robes. Robes can't stop them from getting physical.

Buddhist monks whose robes are made from plastic bottles. Some 30 plastic PET litre-and-a-half bottles are needed to make each set of robes. Last updated: July 05, 2019 | 19:27. IANS.

Tenzin Gyatso is the highest of all Trulkus. A Bodhisattva whose enlightenment shines worldwide. Pardon, never heard of it?

News; Nation/World; Buddhist monks, nuns try some catwalk karma Sun., Dec. 16, 2007 Buddhist nuns display their robes at Tsukiji Honganji temple in Tokyo on Saturday. Associated Press (Associated ...

BANGKOK – At a Buddhist temple south of Bangkok, a monk watches as a machine presses down on thousands of water bottles, before a giant bale of crushed plastic rolls out with a thud. The plas… ...

They’re holy terrors. Bands of beggars dressed like Buddhist monks have invaded the High Line and other city parks, demanding upwards of $40 from tourists — and officials are fed up.

Two Buddhist monks run Empty Cloud. Their names are Ayyā Somā and Bhante Suddhāso. Ayyā Somā is Italian, and before she shaved her head and put on the robes, she was a fashion journalist.

“He is not only the monk by wearing that robe,” she said. “He practices, and he teaches.” Ajahn Khemasanto has been a Buddhist since he was about 13 years old.

At a Buddhist temple south of Bangkok, Thailand, plastic water bottles are recycled into fabric for saffron-coloured robes for monks. Wat Chak Daeng temple has recycled 40 tonnes of plastic into ...