At the forefront of this trend is 30-year-old CEO Joo Yeo-jin, who is dubbed the “idol of the Buddhist world.” ...

Korean Zen (Son) Buddhism focuses on the enlightenment of a sudden awakening. The Korean word for Ch'an or Zen is Son. Buddhism is highly significant in Korea. Figures from 1991 showed 26 Buddhist ...

SAN FRANCISCO (Yonhap News) ― With more than 80 Buddhist centers ringing California’s San Francisco Bay, the area is hardly bereft of such belief. But two stand out among them, specializing in what ...

MT. KUMGANG, North Korea — Watched by impassive granite peaks and the suspicious eyes of the North Korean secret police, a Buddhist temple is coming back to life in this most inhospitable terrain. For ...

Brushing dust off a thick, bound 14th century volume, Professor Robert Buswell stood in his office, surrounded by a chronicled literary history of ancient Buddhist culture. “Sorry if it’s messy in ...

SEOUL — A South Korean deejay dressed as a Buddhist monk bounced up and down on stage while playing electronic music and shouting: “This too shall pass!” The performance brought cheers from a crowd of ...

Buddhist music and dance is being performed at the campus of University of Paris 7 in October. Sitting in the front row of the audience is Ven. Jaseung, third from left, head of the Jogye Order, who ...

Generation Z calls Buddhism "hip Buddhism." To those who say "Jokrakdo Rock," Buddhism is a form of content. This year, ...

As the sun set over South Korea’s capital, the usual cacophony of sounds associated with a bustling major city was replaced by human voices – hundreds of thousands of them, chanting peacefully. An ...