There is a deep-seated idea in Japan that a monk being seen at a hospital is a bad omen, as their presence reminds patients and medical staff of death.

The first Japanese recorded to have set foot in Tibet was a monk, in 1900, seeking a purer version of Buddhism than the one in his homeland. What remained unclear was the route Ekai Kawaguchi ...

Kanho Yasukuji, a Japanese Zen monk and musician, started to blend Buddhism and music and released his music piece featuring Heart Sutra in 2016. His performance was broadcast via YouTube in 2017 ...

He wants to share with the world "things only I can tell because I'm a homosexual monk." "In Japan, it is not common for people to be torn apart over coming out as an LGBTQ+ because it would go ...

SWAT: Junsei Terasawa, a prominent Buddhist monk from Japan, on Sunday emphasised the profound historical and cultural connections between the ancient region of Gandhara and Japan, particularly in ...

Surveys the major works and authors of medieval Japanese (poetry, prose, and drama) from the Kamakura and Muromachi periods (1185--1600). Taught in English. Recommended prereq., JPNS 1051. For ...