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Traditional Buddhist teachings exclude LGBTQ people from monastic life, but change is coming slowly
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNovice Buddhist monks during a mass ordination at Dhamagaya Temple in central Thailand in 2010. AP...
Sri Lankan Buddhist community dedicates temple, meditation center in Akron
Akron Beacon Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Akron area’s Sri Lankan community on Saturday dedicated its first Buddhist temple in Northeast...
Inside the Christian commune where an airman who self-immolated for Gaza grew up
The Independent via Yahoo News· 4 months agoFive hundred miles north of the Israeli embassy in Washington DC, near the shores of Cape Cod Bay, a...
With strawberries and goats, a ‘farmastery’ reaches out to its neighbors
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoOn a warm, sunny morning in farm country, a group of 40 preschoolers and their parents fanned out...
Meet Brother Spirit, the Buddhist monk who doesn't believe in competition and is behind one of the...
Business Insider via Yahoo Finance· 7 months agoBrother Spirit is a monk practicing at Plum Village — a monastery in France. Godong Brother Spirit...
Ukraine searches monastic complex, prompts anger in Moscow
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoUkraine’s counter-intelligence service, police officers and the country's National Guard on Tuesday...
How a monastery is tackling a legacy of abuse within its walls
dpa international via Yahoo News· 5 months agoSome 70 kilometres southeast of Germany's buzzing financial hub Frankfurt lies the Triefenstein...
Greek monastery manuscripts tell new story of Ottoman rule
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA church bell sounds, the staccato thudding of mallet on plank summons monks to afternoon prayers,...
Convent-made delicacies, a Christmas favorite, help monks and nuns win fans and pay the bills
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 6 months agoIt’s the fortnight before Christmas and all through the world’s Catholic convents, nuns and monks...
Two intruders broke into, stole from Belmont Abbey monastery last week
WJZY via Yahoo News· 2 months agoBELMONT, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Two intruders broke into and stole items from the Belmont Abbey...