His face as still and serene as a statue’s, the Buddhist monk who has taken the title “the Burmese bin Laden” begins his sermon. Hundreds of worshippers sit before him, palms pressed together, sweat ...

When Pema Chödrön—an 86-year-old best-selling Buddhist author who was mentioned in the same breath as the Dalai Lama and the late Thich Nhat Hanh as "one of the most influential voices in contemporary ...

A handful of executive MBA programs around the country — from Harvard to Michigan's Ross School of Business — are teaching students Buddhist meditation techniques. It's not necessarily about teaching ...

In Saigon’s huge Xa Loi Pagoda, Buddhist monks and nuns were holding a 48-hour hunger strike against the regime of South Viet Nam’s President Ngo Dinh Diem. Expecting trouble, police sealed off nearby ...