Meditation can focus the mind in a measurable way, according to a study of Buddhist monks. In a visual test designed to confuse the brain, the monks were able to stave off confusion more easily ...

“The monk walked in about 1 to 2 kilometers from the temple, into the forest to meditate. That is where he was attacked. He would go out regularly to meditate.” ...

For 2,250 baht a day (about $65 USD), I pretended to be a meditation student at Wat Phu Khao Thong, a quiet, secluded Buddhist temple hidden away in Koh Samui’s Mae Nam area, home to monks and ...

A leopard has killed a Buddhist monk who was meditating in a protected forest reserve in India, according to local officials. Rahul Walke Bodhi had gone to meditate in the reserve on the morning ...