That same year, Hart invited fourteen monks to his home studio to record Tibetan Chants for World Peace (White Swan Records). In order to reproduce something like the authentic, time-honored sound of ...

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 ...

The latest sensation on the world's pop charts is 800-years-old. Gregorian chants performed by the Cistercian monks of Austria's Heiligenkreuz Abbey. (Soundbite of Gregorian Chants) SEABROOK: Monks ...

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 ...

In Monterey Park, nearly a week after a mass shooting at a dance hall left 11 people dead, reassurance and recovery were still elusive for many. But the burst of heartbreaking violence inspired days ...

Newly displayed 1,300-year-old doodles suggest that medieval monastic life wasn’t all about solemn chants and holy scripture. Now on view at the National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street, the ...

Venerable Thupten Donyo has been a Buddhist monk for more than half a century. Like tens of thousands of other Tibetans, he was born in exile. He’s spent years living in a temple in the Himalayas ...

Tibetan monks are scheduled to arrive in Laguna Beach this weekend, with the public invited to take in a series of related cultural events during their 10-day visitation. The Drepung Gomang monks will ...

Every year, The Game Awards orchestra — featuring the electrifying energy of Pedro Eustache, affectionately known as Flute Guy — performs songs from all the Game of the Year nominees. With Metaphor: ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - He raps. He chants. And this month, Japan's famed hip-hop loving monk, better known as MC Happiness, will tap dance on stage, in the name of Buddhism. Kansho Tagai heads the 400-year ...