She visited the daisojo again in November that year, hoping to learn “the meaning of Buddha’s answer that the (monk) should not be prosecuted.” The high priest persuaded her to become a nun ...

Accessing basic plumbing services has long been a challenge for monastic institutions in remote parts of Bhutan. Located far ...

Buddhist monks and nuns who live in eastern Prince Edward Island say they were disappointed to hear some of the concerns expressed at a planning meeting this past week in the Town of Three Rivers.

And some young Catholic missionaries could be assigned to help aging monks and nuns at their monasteries. That assignment might foster the same type of fascinating intergenerational dialogue I ...

Intaj Malek, who earned his PhD studying ‘Upanishads and Islamic mysticism’, has become the go-to research guide for Jain ...

As Christmas approaches, all through the world’s Catholic convents, nuns and monks are extra busy preparing the traditional delicacies they sell to a loyal fan base even in rapidly secularising ...

Their internal tussle – the fact that their life had been about God for many years – caused them to reconsider and have several breakdowns, feeling completely isolated and helpless – soon ...

Monks and nuns from Tibetan monasteries took lessons in science at the Thekcehn Choeling temple at McLeodganj in Dharamsala ...

So Thikse, they're Tibetan monks in exile, and they adhere to their Tibetan traditions ... It's about 45 minutes from Galway on Ireland's west coast. I met several of the nuns there before we visited ...