BANGKOK (Reuters) - Eleven boys from a soccer team, who were rescued from a flooded Thai cave in a drama that gripped global audiences, took their first steps on Tuesday to be ordained as Buddhist ...

BANGKOK — Two Buddhist monks in Thailand have become social media stars with Facebook livestreams that combine traditional teachings with non-traditional jokes and giggles. Some of the country’s ...

RAYNHAM — Chanting monks in saffron robes stood beside dark-suited state legislators under a colossal golden Buddha statue to mark the opening Sunday afternoon of what might be the largest Thai ...

In a significant milestone for Buddhist heritage and inter-community cooperation, seventeen Buddhist groups from across India have joined together to organize the 20th Annual International Tipitaka ...

Inthisan, born in northeast Thailand, became a Buddhist monk at age 14. He came to the United States in 1992 and now leads nine other missionary monks at Wat Thai Washington, D.C. in Silver Spring.

For the first time, 17 Indian Buddhist groups will jointly organize the 20th Annual International Tipitaka Chanting Ceremony ...

There’s a new “flight to nowhere” -- but this one has a religious route. Thai Airways is offering a “flight to nowhere” that will fly over 99 sacred Buddhist sites on Nov. 30, according to the Bangkok ...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - A Thai temple cat's bid for affection during five-hour-long New Year prayers was enough to test the patience of a Buddhist monk as he tried to maintain his chanting concentration.

Eleven of the boys who were rescued from a cave in Thailand earlier this month — an international mission that captivated the world — have been ordained as Buddhist novices in honor to the volunteer ...

The International Tipitaka Chanting Ceremony is expected to be held beyween December 2-12, with the commemorative walk scheduled for December 13-14, an official said. The dates of the event are yet to ...

Reporting from Pathum Thani, Thailand — Somewhere inside a 1,000-acre temple complex north of Bangkok, amid vast symmetrical gardens and a giant pagoda that resembles a gilded flying saucer, an ailing ...