Northern Thailand is a place of pause. The air is different, softer, quieter, touched with the scent of temple incense and ...

Zen Buddhism’s enigmatic teachings and its masters have influenced East Asian art, philosophy, and poetry for over a thousand years. However, the entire tradition traces itself back to one legendary ...

Collage des Cultures Africaines: Celebrating 30 years of immersing communities in African Culture with singing, dancing and drumming. 4-8 p.m., Oakland Technical High School, 4351 Broadway, Oakland.

Only those who knew the secrets could split the syllables into words, phrases, verses, and poems. In Jainism ... This model became popular in Tibet, Thailand, Burma, Cambodia and Java, wherever ...

Thailand’s Alcoholic Beverage Board has upheld the ban on alcohol sales during five major Buddhist holy days, with limited ...

Three Cambodian monks were stripped of their saffron robes in Pattaya after locals complained they had broken traditional Buddhist rules.

Thailand is preparing to allow limited sales of alcohol on Buddhist holidays to cater to tourists, the latest step in the country’s effort to woo more overseas visitors. The government plans to ...

Thailand will allow limited alcohol sales on Buddhist holidays to attract more tourists. The change aims to address visitor frustration over bar closures on religious days. Sales will be ...

By Sui-Lee Wee Reporting from Bangkok The United States has imposed visa sanctions on several Thai officials over the surprise deportation of 40 Uyghurs back to China last month, a rare instance ...

In the crowded room, a local spiritual leader chanted verses in the Isan dialect of northeast Thailand while attendees knelt on woven mats. Between their clasped hands ran a single white string as ...