But that wasn't always the case. The legendary Sohei warrior monks of medieval Japan were quite the opposite of the image of ...

The first Japanese recorded to have set foot in Tibet was a monk, in 1900, seeking a purer version of Buddhism than the one in his homeland. What remained unclear was the route Ekai Kawaguchi ...

SWAT: Junsei Terasawa, a prominent Buddhist monk from Japan, on Sunday emphasised the profound historical and cultural connections between the ancient region of Gandhara and Japan, particularly in ...

He wants to share with the world "things only I can tell because I'm a homosexual monk." "In Japan, it is not common for people to be torn apart over coming out as an LGBTQ+ because it would go ...

Kanho Yasukuji, a Japanese Zen monk and musician, started to blend Buddhism and music and released his music piece featuring Heart Sutra in 2016. His performance was broadcast via YouTube in 2017 ...

Monks in the country will use the chatbot on a trial basis to further improve its functions and create guidelines on its use.

Ven. Wonu, chief monk at Buseok Temple in Seosan on South Korea's western coast, speaks at the National Research Institute of ...

Mountain monk's quest to restore glory of sacred peak Mt. Hiko in Kyushu was once a major center for Japan's Shugendo religion. Its significance has faded in the modern era but one devotee has ...

(Bloomberg) -- ESG investing is so popular in Japan that even Buddhist monks are getting into it. One of the new investors is Tokuunin, a Zen Buddhist temple in central Tokyo. The religious group ...

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met with Japan’s Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya on January 19, 2025, in Washington DC. This meeting marked the second face-to-face discussion between the two ...

Surveys the major works and authors of medieval Japanese (poetry, prose, and drama) from the Kamakura and Muromachi periods (1185--1600). Taught in English. Recommended prereq., JPNS 1051. For ...