In early 526, a Chinese emperor granted a personal audience to an elderly Buddhist monk. The monk, Daodu, explained to Emperor Liang Wudi that he had grown weary of “this physical frame.” The body “is ...

China’s famed Shaolin Temple announced on Sunday that its abbot is under investigation for suspected embezzlement and “improper relationships” with women, reviving decade-old allegations against the ...

And then, 150 years after his death, his name became mud. Evagrius’ writings were suppressed and destroyed — only to turn up ...

Shi Yongxin rode in luxury cars, traveled the world to meet the rich and powerful, and presided over a globe-spanning business empire. He’s also a monk and, for decades, the abbot of China’s Shaolin ...

The smiling man with the shaved head and orange-yellow robes is here to help. Yin Guang Shi, a Buddhist monk, traveled 5,000 miles from Dalian, China, to spend at least one year in Longview, learning ...

Shi Yongxin shot to fame by growing Shaolin into a global kung fu brand. The temple confirmed he was under investigation for embezzling funds and fathering illegitimate children.

(Updates with raid details in paragraphs 2-3) BEIJING, April 17 (Reuters) - Armed police raided a monastery in northwest China and detained dozens of Tibetan Buddhist monks on Thursday, following anti ...

The Buddhists came by the busload to this partially frozen reservoir about 55 miles north of Beijing. In the morning, they released 53,000 fish into holes cut in the ice. In the afternoon, they walked ...

June 5, 2008, 6:43 AM EDT / Source: The Associated Press Chinese police have arrested 16 Tibetan Buddhist monks who were allegedly involved in a series of bombings after unrest swept the Himalayan ...

Over the weekend, survivors of China's powerful April 14 earthquake cremated many of the more than 1,700 people killed. Hundreds of others remain missing. Vultures circled over the bodies of the dead, ...