Jared Patrick Boyd, founder of the Order of the Common Life (OCL)—a “missional monastic order reimagining religious vocations for the 21st century”—affirms a communal rule of life that is summarized ...

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 ...

A group of Carmelite monks in the mountains near Meeteetse, Wyoming, are building a Gothic monastery using cutting-edge ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...