The menu confirms this is something different. It lists classes for 1,500 yen ($14) in weaving prayer beads, calligraphy with sutras, or lines of scripture, and consultations with a Buddhist priest.

A Buddhist monk will lead the Rutherford County Commission Oct. 11 meeting in prayer as the first guest chaplain, Mayor Bill Ketron said. The mayor asked all 21 commissioners to take turns in inviting ...

Defiant Buddhist monks banned from marking a key Tibetan New Year prayer festival marched in protest in China's southwest, rights groups and officials said. It was the latest resistance to Chinese ...