RNS is solely responsible for this story. Political involvement by the monks — easy ... and aimed at creating a Buddhist dominated nation, are infamous in Sri Lanka. Dharampala’s goals were ...

But like any religion, Buddhism has a far more complicated story than that – and Sri Lanka has seen many disturbing ... of the 19th century, the monks who invoked Buddhist texts to justify ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – With a bloody civil war over and a cautious peace at hand, a group of hardline Buddhist monks is rallying ... Sena interviewed for this story declined to speak on the ...

Buddhist monk Galagodaatte Gnanasara speaks to the media at the Rukmale Sri Dharma Vijayaloka Maha Viharaya temple in the ...

Ven. Pallegama Hemarathana Thero, a prominent Buddhist monk in Sri Lanka, has expressed his happiness and gratitude towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi's second visit to Sri Lanka's Anuradhapura ...

A court in Sri Lanka has sentenced an influential Buddhist monk to four years in jail after convicting him of defaming Islam with his public comments seven years ago. The Colombo High Court on March ...

Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 4 (ANI): Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Sri Lanka, Buddhananda, the Buddhist monk who speaks Sanskrit, Prakrit, and Pali, spoke about the cultural and ...

In this Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013 photo, Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) leader Kirama Wimalajothi speaks to Galagoda Atte Gnanasara, left, a 37-year-old Buddhist monk who founded the BBS group ...

a Sri Lankan monk living in Kandy, a city in Sri Lanka’s central highlands. RELATED: Buddhist leader in Bhutan fully ordains 144 women, resuming ancient tradition The connection between monks ...

COLOMBO — A court in Sri Lanka jailed a politically influential, firebrand Buddhist monk on Thursday, put-ting him behind bars for a second time for insulting Islam and stoking religious hatred in the ...