The bank executive, the book publisher and the social worker had one thing in common: Their hectic lives in the crowded Indian capital had become so chaotic and stressful, they've turned to chanting ...

What are the monks chanting at a memorial service?Please picture a Buddhist memorial service. A monk is chanting a sutra, and the attendees are pressing their hands together in prayer while listening.

Monks and worshippers spent the night of April 18 chanting sutras to honor the founder of Chion-in temple in Kyoto’s Higashiyama Ward. Chion-in is the head temple of the Jodoshu (Pure Land) sect of ...

Togen Yoshihara sings pensively while he plays the guitar on the grounds of a temple here, not for a concert but as a religious rite.

Many people in the West interpret Buddhism as a path of meditation leading to enlightenment. What many may not know is that this interpretation differs vastly from its practice in East Asia. I have ...