It’s a bad abbot. Four Buddhist monks in Thailand have been shipped off to rehab after they all tested positive for meth. The holy men — including the temple’s abbot, or head monk — failed ...

BANGKOK — Two Buddhist monks in Thailand have become social media stars with Facebook livestreams that combine traditional teachings with non-traditional jokes and giggles. Some of the country ...

There are nearly 349,000 monks in Thailand, and almost half are considered overweight or obese. ... Why Thailand is putting its Buddhist monks on a diet By Samantha Bresnahan, CNN ...

Thai Buddhist monks wearing face masks to protect themselves from the coronavirus pass packs of water after their devotees donated water to Molilokayaram temple in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, April ...

Buddhist monks of the Dhammakaya sect sit anticipating police raid outside the Dhammakaya sect temple in Pathum Thani, north of Bangkok, Thailand. Four Thai Buddhist monks have been sent to rehab ...

In 2022, every single monk at a Buddhist temple in central Thailand was defrocked after they tested positive for methamphetamine. The monks were sent to a health clinic to undergo drug rehabilitation.

NAKHON PATHOM, Thailand — Think Buddhist monk, and bodyguards and bomb threats probably don't spring to mind. But that's exactly what Phra Buddha Issara is dealing with as he mounts a campaign ...

BANGKOK — A small Buddhist temple in northern Thailand has been left without monks after the entire monastery was found to have been using methamphetamine, according to local officials.

Thai women devotees in white robes pray during a mass female Buddhist novice monk ordination ceremony at the Songdhammakalyani monastery, Nakhon Pathom province, Thailand, December 5, 2018.

The tiny second-floor center is easy to miss amid the hustle and bustle along Miracle Mile but the Kadampa Meditation Center ...

The monks consume 150 less calories than Thai men. So what’s happening to Thailand’s monks? “After midday, they have to rely on a drink or beverage,” Jongjit explained.