and that is consolation to most monks. There is a sadness for me in not being actually able to be [in the monastery with my brothers] and be involved directly in the prayer they are praying ...

After graduating from high school, he opted to go to the United States to study instead of becoming a monk. Nishimura graduated from the Parsons School of Design in New York in 2013. Before ...

However, despite having a luxurious life, Ven Ajahn Siripanyo took the bold decision to renounce his father's ₹40,000 crore empire at the age of just 18 and become a Buddhist monk! How did Ven ...

Kotik claimed to have been a member of the Polish army and fought at D-Day in World War II before moving to Caldey Island and becoming a monk in 1947. But this backstory turned out to be an ...

Venerable Seck Kwang Phing, head of the Singapore Buddhist Federation, chose to become a monk because he believed it would be a serene life, he could devote himself fully to helping others ...

Twenty-four years after becoming a nun, it was a brief touch of the sleeve of a monk in the parlour of the convent in Preston, Lancashire, that changed everything for Sister Mary Elizabeth.