SPOKANE, Wash. — The Spokane Buddhist Temple is hosting an Obon Japanese Buddhist Festival on Sunday, August 18 from 2 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at Grant Park. The festival is meant to honor the spirits of a ...

Bhutan's capital, Thimphu, will host the Global Peace Prayer Festival 2025, promoting unity and compassion through diverse Buddhist rituals. The event features a historic ordination of Buddhist nuns, ...

It’s common knowledge that the good people of Boulder love a quality film festival. From the prolific Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema to the award-winning Boulder International Film Festival, to ...

At Wat Khmer, a Buddhist temple located on the southern outskirts of Lodi, volunteers have spent the past week cleaning, decorating and prepping fresh monk robes.

Local Buddhists recently promoted the benefits of vegetarianism by taking a festive approach. The Veggie Festival on Saturday at Buddha Mind Monastery, 5800 S Anderson Road, offered up a variety of ...

Dancers perform the Bon Odori no Uta dance during the 74th Annual Obon Festival at the Seabrook Buddhist Temple, Saturday, July 20, 2019.Get Photo Hoh Daiko group member Michael Orange drums for the ...

(RNS) — Every year, between the sixth and seventh months of the lunar calendar, nomad tribes gather in the tiny Tibetan village of Ser Geyrgo for a prayer festival that is meant to invoke heaven. (RNS ...

Drummers perform traditional songs at the Obon Festival at the Buddhist Church in Ogden at a previous year's festival. This photo from July 19, 2014, shows Bon dancing at the annual Obon Festival at ...

3:45 p.m. “Discovering Elegance,” film starring Naropa co-founder Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, followed by an ikebana performance by Alexandra Shenpen 4:10 p.m. “The Next Guardian,” documentary about a ...

More than 1,000 people are expected to gather July 14-15 for the Orange County Buddhist Church’s annual Obon festival, a traditional Japanese celebration that honors ancestors through music and dance.