A powerful aphorism from Ven. Pomnyun greets visitors at the entrance to the Youth Festa: "Happiness is not about pleasure; ...

A South Korean court ruled Wednesday that a 14th century Korean Buddhist statue should be sent back to a Japanese temple from where it was stolen in 2012. The statue’s return had been put on hold for ...

On November 11, Venerable Jinwoo, President of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism, appointed Noh Wooksun, Vice Chairman of ...

The Buddhist Central Museum of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism is holding an online exhibition titled "Exhibition of Rubbings by Renowned ...

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 ...

A DePauw University professor has won a fellowship to write the first book in any language about the use of healing talismans in Korean Buddhism. Sujung Kim, associate professor of religious studies, ...

SEOUL, South Korea--(BUSINESS WIRE)--How noble would our daily life be if we could accept our daily as a ritual and our life as a ritual? How could we make our daily lives richer and more sustainable?

On Thursday, representatives of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism visited Yale to present a $1 million gift for Buddhist studies. The donation will be used to bring speakers to campus and sponsor ...

TOKYO (AP) — A 14th century Korean Buddhist statue stolen from a Japanese temple nearly 13 years ago was returned on Monday, following a yearslong legal battle between Japan and South Korea over its ...

Vol. 14, No. 2, Special Issue: Cross-cultural Currents of East Asian Buddhism in the 17th and 18th Centuries (October 2023), pp. 101-126 (26 pages) Korean Buddhist orthodoxy can be traced to a narrow ...

Buddhist meditation bells will give way to wedding bells as a romantic connection sparked during a matchmaking temple stay at Baegyang Temple has led to a marriage — the first of the Jogye Order’s ...

I booked an overnight stay at a Buddhist temple in Seoul during a recent trip to South Korea. The temple stay gave me a chance to participate in various Buddhist ceremonies and meditation sessions, as ...