Van Halen developed a reputation as one of rock's wildest bands thanks to backstage antics and on-stage exuberance. On one particular night in Minnesota, they reportedly left a group of Buddhist monks ...

HEILIGENKREUZ, Austria — Working to reach No. 1 on the charts? Try praying. That's how the monks of Heiligenkreuz Abbey found fame. Their compilation of Gregorian chants, a form of sung prayer, has ...

Japanese Buddhist monks strutted their stuff Wednesday in a contest highlighting sutra chanting skills, giving funeral sermons and, surprisingly, loud karate chops. The contest, held on the sidelines ...

The symbolic image of the silently meditating nun or chanting monk often embodies the Buddhist religion. Such representation may make it appear that Buddhist teachings and practices are grounded in ...

Hong Dirienzo clasped her hands together and knelt with her face to the wooden floor of the Sawdust Art & Craft Festival’s Healy House as the guttural chanting of seven Tibetan monks rose around her, ...

HEILIGENKREUZ, AUSTRIA — Working to reach No. 1 on the charts? Try praying. That’s how the monks of Heiligenkreuz Abbey found fame. Their compilation of Gregorian chants, a form of sung prayer, has ...