Buddhism

ACM brings China UNESCO site Mogao Caves and 13m-long reclining Buddha to S’pore

A contractor touching up a 13m-long Buddha sculpture ahead of the Sacred Caves: Dunhuang, Buddhism, And The Silk Road exhibition at the Asian Civilisations Museum.

Caves, a tiger hunt and psalms: Five must-sees at ACM’s Dunhuang show

A replica cave at ACM’s exhibition on the Mogao Caves of China.

‘Left-field’ life: Briton becomes Thailand’s top foreign monk

Ajahn (Teacher) Jayasaro became interested in Buddhism and set off for India, travelling around the region before settling in Thailand, where he became a monk.

Cash-strapped Japanese monks turn to investing as inflation worsens

Costs for the upkeep of the temples’ ornate wooden buildings are soaring while the country’s Buddhist population has dropped.

Thai abbot arrested in $3.5 million embezzlement, sex scandal

Millions of Thais banish the booze for Buddhist Lent

The so-called Buddhist Lent campaign began in 2003, and in 2025 it claimed more than eight million adherents.

Thailand to enforce alcohol sales ban during Buddhist holidays on July 29-30

The ban applies to most retailers, including shops, convenience stores, and ordinary restaurants.

As South Korean Buddhism woos Gen Z, how hip is too hip?

Buddhist monks offering prayers at Jogyesa Temple in Seoul on July 2.

Thai nurse defies Buddhist custom to save monks in deadly crash

An injured monk arrives at Mukdahan Hospital after a collision between a pickup truck driven by an 11-year old and a procession of Buddhist monks, in the north-eastern Thai province of Mukdahan on July 2.

Death toll hits 10 in Thai monk procession crash

Rescue workers retrieving the body of a Buddhist monk after a collision between the monks’ roadside procession and a pickup truck driven by an 11-year old on July 2.

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