A humanoid robot trained in Buddhist scriptures has been developed by scientists at Kyoto University in Japan.

Japan unveils its first AI buddhist monk robot as Kyoto University researchers turn to technology to support temples facing ...

Adding a Japanese Buddhist perspective, Daisaku Leslie, Director of Soka Gakkai International USA, spoke of the interfaith ...

MahaShivaratri, the sacred night of spiritual awakening, assumes deeper meaning only when devotion transcends ritual and transforms into lived experience. This year’s Maha Shivaratri evening ...

Japanese researchers have introduced an AI-powered robot monk claiming it can provide spiritual guidance and potentially help address shortages of human ...

Archaeologists uncovered an ancient temple in Nepal, offering new evidence of sites linked to Buddha’s life and early Buddhist worship.

This story appears in the March 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine. The master spent his last day of life wrapped in a quilt stitched by his wife, his rasping, irregular breaths filling the ...