Monks and worshippers spent the night of April 18 chanting sutras to honor the founder of Chion-in temple in Kyoto’s Higashiyama Ward. Chion-in is the head temple of the Jodoshu (Pure Land) sect of ...

Perched atop the misty heights of Observatory Hill near Chowrasta Mall in Darjeeling, West Bengal, stands the revered Mahakal ...

A Buddhist monk cleans the idol of Lord Buddha as part of preparations for the upcoming Buddha Purnima festival, at Mahabodhi Society in Kolkata (ANI) Buddha Purnima, or Buddha Jayanti or Vesak, is an ...

Togen Yoshihara sings pensively while he plays the guitar on the grounds of a temple here, not for a concert but as a ...

Peaceful Zen Christmas music 🎄🕊️ with calming Buddhist chanting. Relax, meditate, and enjoy mindful holiday vibes. #buddha #zen #holiday #christmasmusic #relaxingmusic ...

The bank executive, the book publisher and the social worker had one thing in common: Their hectic lives in the crowded Indian capital had become so chaotic and stressful, they've turned to chanting ...

A popular Japanese performing arts group is blending Buddhist chants with cyber aesthetics and electronic music. "Cyber NamuNamu exists somewhere between the realms of religious ritual and the club," ...

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 ...