The priest will conduct a blessing and a purification ritual that includes chanting of the Buddhist Heart Sutra ... regrettable deeds or ill luck from the previous year, and herald the start of a ...

Chinese communities will celebrate Lunar New Year. When is the Lunar New Year? Why is it celebrated? What are the traditions?

Thais are celebrating this year's Songkran festival, also known as the Buddhist New Year. The festival, held between 13 and 15 April in Thailand, is also celebrated in Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar.

With just one month remaining in 2024, a Buddhist temple near Tokyo is preparing a gigantic straw rope decoration for the New Year. At Naritasan Shinsho-ji temple in Chiba Prefecture, about 10 ...