Centuries-old whale worship shrines are shedding light on the diversity and distribution of marine mammals off the country’s coast Along the Vietnamese coast, temples constructed in reverence to ...

LOWELL — Putting their palms together, Buddhists in blue-gray robes slowly walk down the handicapped access ramp out of the crème-color bungalow in a quiet industrial neighborhood on Wilbur Street.

At precisely 11 a.m. last Sunday, members of the Phat Bao Buddhist Temple pressed their hands together as a sign of respect and parted to make room for Rev. Hanh Dat as he approached several huge ...

Just before midnight, the monks were still arriving. Dressed in long, flowing white robes, they resembled fireflies as they rode through the darkness on their motorbikes, descending on the towering ...

Update below: The birthday of Prince Siddhartha Gautama nearly 2,600 years ago is traditionally one of the most festive holidays of the year among millions of Mahayana Buddhism followers. In the past, ...

Vietnamese Buddhists fighting for years to establish a permanent home in Garden Grove suffered another setback this week when the City Council rejected their plan to build a temple at the site of an ...

A home in northwest Arkansas, which also serves as a Vietnamese Buddhist temple, was broken into by a group of burglars. Suspects arrested: Five women and a man were arrested after forcibly entering ...

Princess Nhoi Hoa brought hundreds of war elephants from Laos to assist Dai Viet in defending against foreign invaders. On her journey home, she fell ill and passed away in Ninh Binh. Moved by her ...

Thich Nhat Hanh, the monk who popularized mindfulness in the West, has returned home to Vietnam to enjoy the rest of his life. Devotees from many parts of the world are visiting the ailing 92-year-old ...