KOYA, Wakayama Prefecture—A cafe near Kongobuji Temple at the heart of Mount Koyasan has embraced Buddhist food prohibitions to develop its signature curry dish. Cafe Shizuku, which serves ...

Sisters 69-year-old Akemi and 67-year-old Satsuki have embraced "shojin ryori," a kind of vegetarian cuisine practiced by Buddhist priests. What might seem a strict diet has evolved into a project ...

All over Sri Lanka food offerings for the Buddha are prepared every day ... afternoon in accordance with the rules concerning permissible foods laid down in the Buddhist monastic code (Vinaya). The ...

In Sri Lanka ‘generosity stalls’ (dansals) have been a significant component of Buddhist festivals such as Vesak (commemorating the Buddha's birth, awakening and death) for many centuries. The ancient ...

A hungry wild elephant broke through a Buddhist shrine and stole offerings ... rice cakes and other food while park rangers stood nearby. Tourist Seksan Srichan said: 'This time of the year ...

There is no specific theory on health building in the Buddhist classics. Working, sitting in meditation, eating vegetarian food, and rejecting sexual desire are Buddhism’s philosophy on health ...

In June, as the Ukraine war’s disruption to the world’s food supply looked as if it would become a long-term problem and inflation extended its grip over the global economy, the staff of Buddhist ...