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Prayers in Paragon Hall. New iPad apps on meditation centres. A haunted house in which earthly desires stalk you like inexorable ghosts.

A secret video of Buddhist monks drinking, smoking and playing high-stakes poker circulated the Internet and Korean television networks, stirring controversy in where gambling is illegal and prompting six leaders from the Jogye Order to quit.

China's widespread corruption and lawlessness has contributed to millions of Chinese seeking out Buddhism, says the Dalai Lama, who was awarded the Templeton Prize today.

A group of children is staying at the temple for three weeks to learn about Buddhism and temple life ahead of celebrations for Buddha's birthday on 28 May.

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A group of children is staying at the temple for three weeks to learn about Buddhism and temple life ahead of celebrations for Buddha's birthday on 28 May.

Caught on Tape: A father in China leaped out of a moving vehicle at a busy traffic intersection to save his daughter, just seconds after she fell out of their car.

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There are 8,000 of them in all and each and every one has been painstakingly carved from dead jujube trees.

Beauty & Self Books & Music Career Computers Education Family Food & Wine Health & Fitness Hobbies & Crafts Home & Garden Money News & Politics Relationships Religion & Spirituality Sports Travel & Culture TV & Movies In Buddhist teachings, it is often said that at one point or another, every being has been our mother.

Last month, the prominent Thai social activist Sulak Sivaraksa spoke with Matteo Pistono and Lodi Gyari at the International Campaign for Tibet about engaged Buddhism in the 21st century.

A young girl is ordained as a Buddhist nun at Puthi Khorsachara pagoda, where 300 young people lived for a week as monastics.

A trap camera from inside Cameroon's Kagwene Gorilla Sanctuary captured a rare glimpse into the behavior of Cross River Gorillas in the wild.

If you've ever been to a yoga class that culminated in Om chants, you've used a mantra.

Under beautifully decorated gold lacquered parasols called tee kham were more than 30 boys donned in ancient-style Myanmar apparel and a crown being carried on the shoulders of their male relatives.

Back in 1999, Buddhist scholar Franz Metcalf took the concept "What Would Jesus Do?" popular with Christian evangelicals and spun it into What Would Buddha Do? , a book of Buddhist wisdom for everyday life.

Jamyang Lekdrup Rinpoche explains a Thangka painting to audiences during a Thangka exhibtion held in eastern China's Shanghai on May 4, 2012.

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The dusty little town of Bodhgaya has changed a bit since the first time I came as a pilgrim in 1999.