Worshippers at a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, are read sermons and Buddhist scriptures by a robot modeled after the Buddhist goddess of mercy, Kannon. Inside Kodaiji Temple is a 6-foot-4-inch and ...

The Rev. Bob Oshita videos his congregation during a farewell song to him and his wife, Patti Oshita. The couple are retiring after 32 years at the Buddhist Church of Sacramento on Sunday, May 29, ...

In what is a sign of things to come, there is now a robot preaching sermons at a Japanese temple. Japan has always been two steps ahead the rest of the world in terms of incorporating technology in ...

You can hear a sermon about the Heart Sutra at almost any Buddhist temple. But at one house of worship in Japan, it's delivered by a robot. Mindar, a 6-foot-tall, gender-neutral android modeled after ...

The International Buddhist Confederation and Mahabodhi Society of India will celebrate Dhammachakkappavattana Day at Sarnath. The event marks Asadha Purnima, when Lord Buddha delivered his first ...

Teryl Pittman labored to settle cross-legged on a cushion on the floor. Slowly, she tucked one foot under the other and straightened her back, her eyes closed and hands joined in her lap, palms facing ...