And for all the weekend's emphasis on finding a partner ... The three monks of the Jogye order — South Korea's largest Buddhist sect, with around 12 million followers — looked on with placid ...

A four-day expo held under the theme “Your Enlightenment! Buddhism Adventure” will take place April 3-6 at Coex in Seoul, ...

All women have the moniker “Jigme”, meaning “fearless one”. The nuns are of the Drukpa lineage, a 1,000-year-old Buddhist sect born in the Himalayas when the founder, who goes by the title ...

“They took advantage of my faith in Buddha, brainwashed me and destroyed all of my dignity ... “I hope the Tendai sect will make the right decision,” she said. Buddhism has been Eicho ...

The title of "Dalai Lama", was not granted by the Dalai Lama himself, or created by Tibetan Buddhism, or conferred by the old Tibetan ruling class and still less by any foreigners. The title was ...

Korea’s largest Buddhist sect is ramping up opposition to a bill that would allow the government to fund the hosting of World Youth Day, a Catholic event that Seoul is set to hold in 2027.

Among the audience was a monk from a different sect of Buddhism. “I had not imagined ... As Kannon is thought to transform into all kinds of objects, the robotic version of Kannon was put ...