Chion-in is the head temple of the Jodoshu (Pure Land) sect of Buddhism. The chanting of “Namu Amidabutsu,” accompanied by the sounds of a wooden drum, echoed through the night at the temple ...

Ven. Jinwoo, chief of the Jogye Order, South Korea's largest Buddhist sect, puts his hands together ahead of a New Year's press conference at the sect's headquarters in Seoul on Jan. 21 ...

Led by Venerable Kalsang Gyatso, these Tashi Kyil monks are from the Tibetan Buddhist Gelug Sect of the Dalai Lama, a Nobel Peace Prize winner. Like him, they are exiles from their native land ...

One of the largest and most popular monasteries of Ladakh, the 17th century Hanle Monastery belongs to the Red Hat (Tibetan Drukpa Kagyu) sect of Tibetan Buddhism. Located in Hanle Valley of Leh ...