Chion-in is the head temple of the Jodoshu (Pure Land) sect of Buddhism. The chanting of “Namu Amidabutsu,” accompanied by the sounds of a wooden drum, echoed through the night at the temple ...

Led by Venerable Kalsang Gyatso, these Tashi Kyil monks are from the Tibetan Buddhist Gelug Sect of the Dalai Lama, a Nobel Peace Prize winner. Like him, they are exiles from their native land ...