Sudosa Temple in the countryside beyond Pyeongtaek city affords an opportunity to glimpse enlightenment in a historic setting. Sudosa was built in A.D. 852. According to legend, a Buddhist monk named ...

Mindfulness is mainstream. There are mindfulness retreats that will set you back thousands of dollars. Entire sections of libraries and bookstores are devoted to the subject. My kids learn mindfulness ...

It appears on your right as you go around the temple, and you wonder at once if that is the tree: an ancient-looking, sprawling tree with a massive trunk and a zone of deep, hypnotizing shade at its ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Nestled between a defunct bike shop and a vacuum store, the Ann Arbor Zen Buddhist Temple is easy ...

BATESVILLE, Miss. (WLBT) - At first glance, the Magnolia Grove Monastery makes no sense - in either location or grandeur. It is, in many ways, a world unto itself. To get there, you drive past the ...

Kenji Akahoshi had been thinking about becoming a minister most of his life. But it was never the right time. He had a family to support and a dental practice in San Jose to run. And there were his ...

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

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