He used his reputation as a former monk to scam over 200 Chinese investors out of millions of dollars. Dargey was sentenced to prison in 2017. He pled guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and ...

Tibetan monk Hungkar Rinpoche died in custody shortly after being detained in a coordinated operation involving Vietnamese ...

Monk fruit, derived from a small green vine-ripened fruit from the gourd family, is native to the hills of Southeast Asia.

There are now eight in Latin America. The order was founded by a Chinese monk called Hsing Yün in 1967. Fo Guang Shan practices humanist Buddhism. “Do nice things, say nice words, have nice ...

Thirteen monks are awarded the prestigious Tibetan Buddhist academic degree Geshe Lharampa, equivalent to a doctorate in mainstream higher education, in Southwest China's Xizang autonomous region ...

Drepung Gomang monks have been in exile from their native Tibet since 1959 due to persecution by the communist Chinese government. As adherents of the 14th Dali Lama, their monastery in India ...

UJI, Kyoto Prefecture--A spectacular sight awaits visitors to a Buddhist temple here founded by a Chinese monk in the early 17th century as Japan and China mark the 50th anniversary of their ...