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Thai Buddhist monks gather and hold lotus flowers, candles, and joss sticks as they circulate in prayer around Wat Benchamabopitr, or The Marble Temple, to celebrate Visakha Bucha Day in Bangkok, Thailand, on May 11, 2025. Visakha Bucha Day, on the full-moon day of the sixth lunar month, is an annual celebration of Buddha's birth, enlightenment, and death. (Photo by Anusak Laowilas/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
TRUCK TRAGEDY

Boy, 11, Driving Truck Kills 8 After Crashing Into Monks

The Buddhist monks had just set out on a pilgrimage when disaster struck.

Will Neal

Monks attend a Buddhist prayer for the missing children near Tham Luang cave, at the Khun Nam Nang Non Forest Park in the Mae Sai district of Chiang Rai province on July 1, 2018, as the rescue operation continues for a missing children's football team and their coach. - Twelve Thai boys and their assistant football coach spent their eighth night trapped in a flooded cave, as a round-the-clock search was aided by better weather on July 1. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)        (Photo credit should read LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA/AFP via Getty Images)
HIGH FLIERS

22 Buddhist Monks Arrested in Massive Airport Drug Bust

The monks attempted to smuggle 242 pounds of cannabis.

Muskaan Arshad

Buddhist monks stand at the site of a cable car accident in Sri Lanka's north-western district of Kurunegala on September 25, 2025. Seven Buddhist monks, including three foreigners, were killed when their cable-pulled rail car snapped and crashed down a mountainside in north-western Sri Lanka, police said on September 25.
FREAK CRASH

Seven Buddhist Monks Killed in Horror Cable Car Accident

Three foreign nationals were among the fatalities.

Shannon Power

The Dalai Lama
TENSION

Dalai Lama Celebrates 90th Birthday by Snubbing China

The Tibetan spiritual leader laid out the plan in a video message Wednesday.

Yasmeen Hamadeh

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PRAISE ME

Musk Compares Himself to the Founder of Great World Religion

The Tesla billionaire said his DOGE dogma was pretty much the same as Buddhism and that the agency would continue without him as leader, just the religion does without its late teacher.

Kenneal Patterson

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BAD FAITH

Guru Accused of ‘Mystical’ Baby Plot in U.S. Rape Case

According to a lawsuit, a Buddhist leader in the Pacific Northwest told his victim she should give birth to his baby as the child could be anointed as an enlightened guru like him.

Nico Hines

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BOMBSHELL

Fla. Woman Accused of Throwing Firebombs at Buddhist Temple

She allegedly chucked four firebombs over the temple’s gate and placed a fifth one in the mailbox.

Kana Ruhalter

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TOE-STY

Fire-Walking Buddhist Monks Hold Festival to Ward Off Plague

The annual hiwatari matsuri at Mt. Takaosan was limited to 1,000 mask-wearing participants.

Barbie Latza Nadeau

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LONG STRANGE TRIP

Ram Dass, 1970s Guru and LSD Pioneer, Dies at 88

Spiritual teacher dies at 88

Tom Sykes

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REPRIEVE

Supreme Court Halts Execution Over Buddhist Adviser Ban

Texas allows Christian and Muslim advisers in the execution room, but not other denominations.

Tracy Connor

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OUT

Top Chinese Monk Resigns Following Sexual Misconduct Claims

The allegations against Shi Xuecheng were seen as a test of the country’s #MeToo movement.

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