Buddhist monk

We need to work together to address the pressing issues in the “broken world,” said Pope Francis.

The Day of Buddha commemorates the birth, enlightenment (nirvana, likened to an experience of heaven), and death of Gautama Buddha, the founder of Buddhism.

A Buddhist nun visited a Catholic nun in Jakarta, Indonesia, exchanging their respective lives as ‘missionaries.’

Father Richard Hla Min Oo said Buddhist monk Ashin Nyanasiri, who was doing his masters degree at Sitagu International Buddhist Academy, asked for help in the translation of his thesis.

Myanmar’s prominent Buddhist monk, Ashin Nyanissara, also known as Sitagu Sayadaw, made a contribution of US$10,000 to the emergency fund that Pope Francis created for people and communities affected by coronavirus pandemic.