"Pandhof next to the Dom Church." Photo by Bart van Leeuwen / Flickr (cropped from original). CC BY 2.0. This series examines monastic movements amid broader religious and cultural traditions. It ...

Hindu monastics Brahmacharini Durga and Sudarshan Sundar discussed their personal paths into Hindu monasticism at a Harvard ...

The medieval monastic site of Ghazali was one of the best-preserved archaeological sites in Sudan. A medieval Christian monastery at the site with four cemeteries and hundreds of graves was ...

Monastic brothers and sisters have lived beyond the dilemma of profit and grace in selling beverage, cheese, candles, ...

A garment cut from the tanned hide of a great serpentine beast. Worn loosely wrapped around the torso, it has a freeing effect upon the mind. 32800 ...

MINNEAPOLIS (KARE/CNN Newsource/WKRC) - Jalue Dorjee, an 18-year-old recognized by the Dalai Lama as a reincarnated lama, is ...

Vaidehi Taman's latest book, Monastic Life: Inspiring Tales of Embracing Monkhood, was officially launched by Mahamandaleshwar Dr. Umakantanand Saraswati Ji Maharaj and other esteemed spiritual ...