Shurei Sasai, a Buddhist monk from Japan, is working in India for the restoration of Buddhism, which claims that all people are equal. The 89-year-old has been devoting his life to freeing people ...

Hotei, a Japanese god who carries a large sack, has come to be identified with Santa Claus – except that he brings the ...

Embrace the beauty and simplicity of grass in Japanese zen garden design. Discover how these elegant elements can create ...

Born in the town of Ibigawa in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, Yokoyama went to Manchuria in 1943, a region in present-day northeast China, when he was 18 years old. He worked as a Buddhist monk ...

This is the hilarious moment a Buddhist monk received fake eyebrows for a face scan to work in Thailand. The monk Phra Lod, ...

A satellite of the massive Kuonji temple complex, the spiritual center of the Nichiren Shu sect of Japanese Buddhism, Kakurinbo was founded more than 550 years ago to accommodate visiting priests ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Dec. 8 marks the celebration of Bodhi Day in Japanese Buddhism. Bodhi means enlightenment or awakening in Sanskrit. It commemorates the enlightenment of Siddhartha Gautama, who ...

(The Conversation) — Dec. 8 marks the celebration of Bodhi Day in Japanese Buddhism. Bodhi means enlightenment or awakening in Sanskrit. It commemorates the enlightenment of Siddhartha Gautama ...