``Beompae" are chants and songs inspired by Buddha's sacred words. Performed in Buddhist temples during special ceremonies, they have the function of training in harmony with Buddha's teaching by ...

Buddhist monks and nuns from Korea will perform an evening of ritual song and dance, "The Sound of Ecstasy and the Nectar of Enlightenment: Buddhist Ritual Song & Dance from Korea," at 8 p.m. Monday, ...

Jan Bright is the guardian of about 30 abandoned and/or feral cats and kittens in Berkeley. She tames the felines by chanting Tibetan Buddhist prayers so that they can be fixed and adopted out to ...

Gaya: More than 8,000 Buddhist devotees from around 31 countries have gathered in Bodh Gaya for participating in the 11-day Tipitaka (holy text) chanting, being held under the sacred Bodhi tree on ...

Bodhgaya is preparing for the 20th International Tripitaka Chanting Ceremony in December 2025, a significant event for the global Buddhist community. Pawa, the acclaimed Buddhist singer and composer, ...

A Japanese monk who “makes music for anxiety and less suffering” is being rewarded with millions of listeners. Yogetsu Akasaka, a 37-year-old Zen Buddhist monk, uses a loop station to combine and ...

Associate Professor of Religion and Culture and Religion and Culture Area Director, Catholic University of America Many people in the West interpret Buddhism as a path of meditation leading to ...