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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 ...
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… ...
Calling himself a "simple Buddhist monk" who usually didn't celebrate birthdays, the Dalai Lama marked his 90th on Sunday by ...
A motorcyclist in Buddhist monk robes was arrested for driving with a python slung across his shoulder. Prasert Linsamphatwinyan sparked alarm when he raced along a highway with the reptile draped ...
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.
Reports said the monks had removed the monk's body in order to fit him with new, clean robes. Article continues below His body appeared in a state consistent with somebody who had been dead for no ...
The Dalai Lama has often called himself a simple monk, but millions of his Tibetan Buddhist followers have worshipped him for ...
NEWPORT, Wash. — By some they’ve been fondly called the “nuns from Newport.”For years, a group of women with clean-shaven heads wearing traditional Tibetan monastic red robes have been ...
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.