The body of the monk is seated in the Padmasana posture, the cross-legged lotus position, and was found on Januray 29, covered in cattle skin, in the Songino Khairkhan district of the capital, Ulaan ...

A Buddhist academic has said a 200-year-old mummified monk discovered in Mongolia may not be dead but in a "very deep meditation". The preserved body was discovered in the lotus position, covered in ...

Some Buddhists believe that the 200-year old mummified monk that was found in lotus position last week is not dead but is only in a deep meditative trance. Discovered in the Songinokhairkhan province ...

Ulan Bator, Mongolia? Greeted by adoring throngs and serenaded by cymbals and horns, the Dalai Lama met today with monks at Mongolia’s largest Buddhist monastery, kicking off his first visit to the ...

KHARKHORIN, MONGOLIA - When Gendenjav Choijamts thinks of praying, he thinks of vodka. The 62-year-old monk at Mongolia's oldest Buddhist monastery remembers when his father and his friends had to ...

There’s a new addition to Evanston cuisine options: The Funky Monk. Opened in early August at 618 1/2 Church St., the restaurant serves Mongolian and Russian food. Ulzii Hughbanks founded The Funky ...

A Mongolian boy has been named a top leader of Tibetan Buddhism. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Julian Dierkes of the University of British Columbia on the implications for Mongolian-Chinese relations.

ULAN BATOR, Mongolia — School principal Baast chose the name “Nomad” in keeping with his wandering spirit. Defense Minister Gurragchaa -- the only Mongolian to venture into space -- settled on “Cosmos ...