Dalai Lama asks followers to preserve Buddhist culture at teaching session in northeast India

Dalai Lama ends public teaching in northeast India

Zen master decries Vietnam’s treatment of monks; intellectuals call for investigation

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam — A renowned Buddhist teacher has decried the eviction of his followers from a monastery in southern Vietnam, and Vietnamese intellectuals have issued a petition to support them, an unusual move in this communist country where free speech is restricted.

Buddhists: Vietnamese police try to oust famed monk’s followers from second temple

HANOI, Vietnam — Followers of a world-famous Buddhist teacher who were forced out of a Vietnamese monastery over the weekend have taken refuge at a nearby pagoda, but they say they have once again been surrounded by police.

Buddhists: Vietnamese police, mob force monks from monastery

HANOI, Vietnam — Followers of a world-famous Buddhist teacher say Vietnamese police and an angry mob have forced 150 monks from a monastery in Vietnam’s Central Highlands that has been the center of a monthslong standoff.

Buddhists: Mob, police force last followers of famed monk to leave Vietnam monastery

HANOI, Vietnam — Followers of a world-famous Buddhist teacher say police and a mob of villagers have forced them out of a monastery in central Vietnam, ending their monthslong standoff with the communist authorities over religious freedom.

Tensions rise at Vietnamese pagoda as police question followers of world-famous monk

HANOI, Vietnam — Authorities are intensifying their efforts to oust followers of an internationally known Buddhist monk from a monastery in Vietnam’s Central Highlands and have accused them of trying to “sabotage” Vietnam’s communist government.

Army says 11 killed, more than 20 wounded in 2 days of violence in restive southern Thailand

PATTANI, Thailand — A spate of shootings, bombings and military raids left 11 people dead and more than 20 wounded over the past two days in Thailand’s insurgency-plagued south, officials said Thursday.

Dalai Lama says his visit to Taiwan is ‘purely humanitarian’ and not political

TAOYUAN, Taiwan — The Dalai Lama denied any political agenda as he began what he described as a “purely humanitarian” mission to comfort victims of Taiwan’s worst storm, trying to calm fears that he would further anger China.

Dalai Lama arrives in Taiwan for controversial visit to comfort storm victims

TAIPEI, Taiwan — The Dalai Lama has arrived in Taiwan to comfort the island’s storm victims in a trip that has drawn China’s ire.

Vietnamese official says evicting Buddhist monks just the law, not religious repression

HANOI, Vietnam — Monks following a world-famous Buddhist teacher are being evicted from a Vietnamese monastery for failing to clear their activities with the government, an official said Tuesday, but he denied the dispute was about religious freedom.

Vietnamese Zen master’s creed promotes peace, harmony

IN THE MOMENT: Thich Nhat Hanh’s brand of “Engaged Buddhism” teaches people to live in the “present moment,” to listen carefully to others and to understand their points of view. Followers practice meditation and breathing techniques intended to keep them relaxed and in the here and now, not dwelling in the past or on negative emotions.

Vietnam’s tussle with a Zen master raises questions about religious freedom

HANOI, Vietnam — Communist Vietnam’s sometimes edgy relationship with religious freedom is being tested in a dispute over a monastery inhabited by disciples of Thich Nhat Hanh, one of the world’s most famous Zen masters.

Latest round of attacks in southern Thailand revives specter of Muslim-Buddhist conflict

BANGKOK — Ten Muslim villagers killed by gunmen firing assault rifles into a mosque during evening prayers. A 53-year-old Buddhist rubber tapper shot, decapitated and limbs cut from his torso, his head impaled on a stick.