Chinese monks teach the beauty of impermanence, a concept that acknowledges the transient nature of life. By accepting that ...

Andrew Jotischky’s new book is a history of monastic life from early Christianity - Alamy In seventh-century Emesa, Syria, a man walked through town tugging a dead dog on the end of a rope. He ...

The coach draws on his experiences as a performer and Buddhist monk to provide mindfulness guidance to readers ...

For over a thousand years, monks living in remote monasteries have consistently outlived their contemporaries by decades, and their secret wasn’t just prayer and meditation. Hidden within monastery ...

(The Conversation) — The symbolic image of the silently meditating nun or chanting monk often embodies the Buddhist religion. Such representation may make it appear that Buddhist teachings and ...

Eustace the Monk lived a life unlike any other medieval figure. After abandoning the strict discipline of the Benedictines, he plunged into crime, disguises, blackmail, and brutal retribution against ...

Jay Shetty has built an empire thinking like a monk. But, as the British author, podcaster and life coach retells in Episode 3 of "Good Trouble with Nick Kyrgios," it was never what he set out to do.

MOUNT ATHOS, Greece (Reuters Life!) - A dozen black-robed monks chant in the gloom of a candle-lit chapel as sunset brings a new day to Greece's 1,000-year-old monastic community of Mount Athos.

The Dominican Order of the Roman Catholic Church dates back to 1216. Now 25-year-old Timothy Danaher is part of the tradition. Danaher, a Dominican brother who lives with about 80 others at the ...