As the monsoon rains begin to subside and the emerald green of the rice fields deepens, a profound spiritual energy, almost palpable, stirs across the regional provinces of Thailand. This is the time ...

Tokyo, March 3 (ENInews)--The Tokyo-based Niwano Peace Foundation has announced it will award its 2011 Peace Prize to Sulak Sivaraksa, a Thai Buddhist leader. The foundation said the presentation ...

The offering of food and material goods to monks is an essential part of the daily practice of Buddhism in Thailand. The belief is that through the act of giving, lay Buddhists – followers of the ...

BANGKOK -- Thailand's Supreme Patriarch, who headed the country's order of Buddhist monks for more than two decades, died today. He was 100. Doctors said that Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara died at ...

Tourists and locals gathered to admire beautiful wax sculptures during a Thai Buddhist festival. Footage shows a large wax castle with intricate carvings as the main attraction, surrounded by smaller ...

Thousands of Thai devotees lined the banks of a river winding through Bangkok on Thursday to hurl lotus flowers onto a barge carrying a golden Buddha to celebrate the end of a three-month period ...

BANGKOK (Reuters) Political divisions and allegations of corruption are fueling an unholy battle for the leadership of Thai Buddhism. Religion is becoming a proxy war for the color-coded politics that ...

BANGKOK — Two Buddhist monks in Thailand have become social media stars with Facebook livestreams that combine traditional teachings with non-traditional jokes and giggles. Some of the country’s ...

WEST FARGO — A business formerly located in Moorhead is getting ready for its West Fargo debut. Staff at Thai Orchid hosted family and friends Wednesday, Sept. 13, to show off the new space located in ...