BANGKOK (Reuters) - Eleven boys from a soccer team, who were rescued from a flooded Thai cave in a drama that gripped global audiences, took their first steps on Tuesday to be ordained as Buddhist ...

Buddhist monks chant around a spaceship-shaped golden shrine, as Thai sect Dhammakaya lights 300,000 LED lanterns and candles in the shapes of continents and Buddhas to mark Earth Day. The ...

BANGKOK — Two Buddhist monks in Thailand have become social media stars with Facebook livestreams that combine traditional teachings with non-traditional jokes and giggles. Some of the country’s ...

While Buddhism began on the Indian subcontinent around the fifth century BC, it has waned in India and Nepal while flourishing in different forms in Japan, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Cambodia and other ...

RAYNHAM - On Thursday at midnight the monks at the Thai Buddhist temple in Raynham lit the light at the top of the golden spire reaching 180 feet into the night sky to mark the death of King Bhumibol ...

Although Buddhism is the predominant religion in Thailand, the country is home to people of various faiths, resulting in a society rich in beliefs, ways of life and religious art that reflect cultural ...

Inthisan, born in northeast Thailand, became a Buddhist monk at age 14. He came to the United States in 1992 and now leads nine other missionary monks at Wat Thai Washington, D.C. in Silver Spring.

Buddhist monks stand in front of Thai policemen outside Wat Dhammakaya temple in Pathum Thani province, Thailand, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017. Hundreds of police in Thailand are carrying out a raid on the ...

Eleven of the boys who were rescued from a cave in Thailand earlier this month — an international mission that captivated the world — have been ordained as Buddhist novices in honor to the volunteer ...

Rama IX served as a revered symbol and also shielded his country from the worst consequences of its political instability. This is a question that many will ponder, as Thailand mourns the death of the ...

BERKELEY — Three days of Buddhist chanting and walking for world peace will begin at 8:30 a.m. Thursday with a silent procession from the Nyingma Institute, 1815 Highland Place, through the UC ...