It’s Friday and my alarm goes off at 4 a.m. I shower, brush my teeth and I’m out the door into the brisk air. I pick up two friends who are crazy enough to join me on this early morning adventure.

(RNS) — Every year, between the sixth and seventh months of the lunar calendar, nomad tribes gather in the tiny Tibetan village of Ser Geyrgo for a prayer festival that is meant to invoke heaven. (RNS ...

Gangtok, June 3: Buddhists today celebrated Saga Dawa, considered the holiest of religious festivals in the state. Saga Dawa is celebrated in the fourth month of the Buddhist lunar calendar, the ...

An ancient Buddhist prayer elaborated by Chinese calligrapher Jao Tsung-i will be displayed on giant wooden pillars in the hills behind the Po Lin Monastery on Lantau Island, the government has ...

GAYA: The 2564th Buddha Jayanti, the rare triple coincidence of Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and salvation taking place on the same summer full moon day was celebrated in Mahabodhi Temple, the seat ...

The Holy Buddha Relics, enshrined at the Grand Kuenray Hall in Thimphu since November 8, were ceremonially bid farewell on Tuesday morning in a traditional prayer ceremony attended by Bhutan's top ...