By measuring the magnetic fields of the brain, researchers found that different contemplative practices uniquely change how ...

Contrary to popular belief, meditation isn't "thinking about nothing." In fact, a new international study on Buddhist monks shows that meditation is a state of heightened cerebral activity in which ...

Exiled activist and Buddhist master U Pyinya Zawta and two of his companions led meditation and Q-and-A sessions on Tuesday as part of a three-part program to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the ...

Hundreds of people from across the country attended the monks’ welcome festivities in the Historic Stop Six neighborhood.

The crowds had grown ecstatic by the last leg of the monks’ 2,300-mile journey. Thousands lined streets in the nation’s ...

Like millions of others around the world, I have been moved by the 2,300-mile walk for peace undertaken by 19 Buddhist monks from Texas to Washington, D.C. The journey was not without its dangers and ...

A group of Buddhist monks walked from Fort Worth, Texas, to Washington, D.C., in the name of peace. The 108-day pilgrimage ...

The 19 Buddhist monks embarked on the Walk for Peace, a long-distance pilgrimage to promote peace, compassion, loving kindness, and nonviolence.