Monshin Paul Naamon, left, said that it was “karma” that Karl Bower found his way to Buddhism and the temple in East Chatham. He is Bower’s mentor on his route to becoming a Tendai priest. The temple ...

Kongtrul (The Intelligent Heart), a Tibetan Buddhist teacher, shows how the cultivation of tsewa (a Tibetan word for “the innate tenderness of our own heart”) can lead to increased personal happiness ...

Eleven of the 12 Thai youth soccer players who were rescued from a cave complex this month are undergoing training to become Buddhist novices, while their coach will be ordained as a monk. They’ll ...

Day 2 of a conference on rural Buddhist heritage saw experts discuss conservation and community participation. Former NITI ...

Compassion fatigue can lead to decreased quality of patient care and increases in medical errors. Long hours, constant worry about the health of patients, and increases in clerical work can lead to ...

The Los Angeles Housing Department has paid thousands of dollars to a Zen Buddhist priest from Hawaii for management training that includes teaching breathing with sphincter control, learning “how to ...

Deep in the mountains of northern Wakayama Prefecture, nestled in stately tall trees, sits one of the most important Buddhist sites of Japan: Koyasan. What began as a Buddhist training center 12 ...

Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo, born in England, has devoted her life to attaining enlightenment in a female form — at one stage spending years isolated in a cave in the Himalayas to follow the rigorous path ...

The altar in Becca Topol’s living room carries a statue of Buddha and a garden stone painted with the Hebrew word for peace, shalom. In April she celebrated Passover with a “Zen Seder” feast that ...