This weekend, the doors to Temple Slug will open for one last hurrah of incense shopping and futon browsing. Pence Estate ...

The Watt Munisotaram plans to unveil its $1 million gate in August, at a ceremony including 100 monks from all over the world ...

It’s just before 6 p.m. on a Tuesday at the Oakmont Carnegie Library. In the basement’s Oak Room, a dozen Pittsburghers are already seated ...

The text is more than just religious expositions. It is a historical piece of writing wherein a city like Baghdad, founded in ...

Chinese social media are discussing the corruption and sex scandal investigation against Abbot Shi, the man who turned the ...

Tucked away in storage at a Berlin museum, a modest wooden shrine had gone largely unstudied for decades. It looked ordinary ...

The story revolves around Shi Yongxin (释永信), the head monk at China’s famous Shaolin Temple (少林寺) in Dengfeng, Henan. Shi is ...

Shi Yongxin, the temple’s abbot since 1999, has also had his ordination certificate revoked over allegations that he ...

While the Lion City is widely known for its architecture, pop culture, and world-class cuisine, there's a quieter, more ...

Shi Yongxin, who has been dubbed the "CEO monk" after turning the temple into a sprawling business, is now accused of ...

At the end of a stretch of cracked asphalt shaded by a canopy of branches, a hidden refuge is tucked away less than two miles ...

China's Shaolin Temple has announced that its abbot, Shi Yongxin, is under investigation for misappropriation and ...