It is a fundamental instinct of human nature to seek solace through prayers in times of despair and need. Prayer is a supplication to a higher, often unseen power, either for guidance or intervention ...

As many as 300,000 Buddhist monks and devotees gathered at 32,000 temples across Thailand to pray for world peace in the wake of the attacks on the U.S. and strikes on Afghanistan, officials said. In ...

As world governments meet here to discuss global wildlife trade, revered Thai Buddhist leaders today held the first-ever Buddhist merit-making ceremony to pray for the tens of thousands of elephants ...

LAGUNA BEACH Prayers for compassion filled the Neighborhood Congregational Church this week, taking the form of an intricate sand painting and a butter sculpture. Buddhist monks from the Gaden Jangtse ...

You could call it a religious war of words, with the West Coast serving as one of its most intense battlegrounds. The bid to win hearts and minds pits Buddhist meditation against Christian prayer, ...

The group started their 2,300-mile journey in Fort Worth, Texas, on Oct. 26, and is traveling through 10 states en route to ...

Monks are individuals devoted to religious servitude, and they are not specific to any one religion. Here are the abbeys and ...

At the first-ever traditional Buddhist merit-making ceremony to pray for the tens of thousands of elephants poached annually, revered Thai Buddhist leaders will call upon their congregations and other ...