John Lennon wanted thousands of monks to chant on a song from The Beatles’ Revolver. He subsequently realized this was impractical but he wished the final song was closer to his original idea. Notably ...

HEILIGENKREUZ, Austria — Working to reach No. 1 on the charts? Try praying. That's how the monks of Heiligenkreuz Abbey found fame. Their compilation of Gregorian chants, a form of sung prayer, has ...

For 40 years, the Rev. Gyoro Nagase has overseen a temple to peace in a popular park in Battersea, his ever-present drum by his side. The Rev. Gyoro Nagase, 74, on a peace march this month in ...

HIGHLAND -- As a young child in his native Tibet, Wang Chan knew he wanted to be a Buddhist monk. At 13, he escaped his Communist-occupied country and journeyed to southern India, where he began his ...