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Since time immemorial, wood has been the most ancient building material. Shelters, huts, houses, churches, and other ...
Monks from the Namgyal Monastery in Dharamshala built a sand mandala and carried out a dissolution ceremony in Laguna Beach.
Thai woman arrested for allegedly seducing monks and extorting $11.9M using temple funds. Details on the scandal that expelled nine abbots and sparked Buddhist reforms.
Wilawan Emsawat allegedly used more than 80,000 photos and videos filmed during the sex acts to blackmail the monks.
At least nine abbots and senior monks involved in the scandal have been disrobed and cast out of the monkhood.
A Central Investigation Bureau deputy commissioner says the investigation began last month after an abbot of a famous temple ...
Until the end of June, the continuation of reincarnation, and therefore the future of Tibetan Buddhism, was in question.
BANGKOK — Police in Thailand on Tuesday arrested a woman who allegedly enticed a number of Buddhist monks into sexual relationships and pressured them into making large payments to cover up their ...
At dusk on July 10, monks at Wat Pasukato temple in northeastern Thailand gathered for a quiet procession to mark Asalha ...
A 35-year-old woman in Thailand has been arrested for allegedly blackmailing several monks with photos and videos of their ...
Prominent monks are disrobing almost daily in an unfolding controversy centred on a woman nicknamed “Golf”. Other misbehaving monks are in hiding.