From silent mornings spent in snow-covered temples to lantern-lit New Year’s ceremonies, dozens of temples across Korea are opening their gates this winter for immersive “templestay” programs aimed at ...

At Wat Phra That Doi Suthep, visitors are often surprised by the sound of the temple bells. Despite being relatively small, ...

The hollow donnngg of a bell gently burrows into my sleep. It is a comforting, if unfamiliar, sound, accompanying the strange new dreams of a foreign place, a new bed, an unfamiliar night. Again and ...

(RNS) — Bhante Sujatha, a Sri Lankan Buddhist monk leading a temple in Woodstock, Illinois, hopes a new outdoor, interfaith meditation space will be a sanctuary in a world of noise. WOODSTOCK, Ill.

A Zen Buddhist Temple has opened its doors in Bellingham after three years of renovation on its new facility. The Red Cedar Zen Community has offered meditation-based practice since it was founded in ...

Meaning “I ring this bell to invite the deities and to ward off the demons. I make the sound of the bell in the beginning as a mark of invitation to the deities.” This is a powerful Sanskrit Shloka ...