Buddha Sakya had its first public show last month where they performed rock and roll style Buddhist music at Mako Livehouse. Photo: Courtesy of Gu Peiwen As the soft sound of the flute and the sanxian ...

Art, dance and music are central to the spiritual world of the Drepung Loseling monks. With elaborate costumes and instruments such as 12-foot-long horns, high-pitched trumpets and bells, the Tibetan ...

A monk with the online moniker kossan1108 has just released a cover of the Beatles’ song “Yellow Submarine,” and it is hardcore zen. Kossan’s cover of the classic song not only delivers equal doses of ...

Japanese Zen Buddhist monk Yogetsu Akasaka creates fantastically relaxing, immersive sounds and shares them online with his legions of followers. He does it in incongruously hi-tech fashion, using his ...

In coincidence with the Vesak festival, Visharadha Sadhana Ranatunga has released a compact disc comprising songs on Buddhist themes. The CD titled ‘Budhu Himi Dekmata’ is comprised of songs sung by ...

German Buddhist priest Muho Noelke is seen in Osaka's Kita Ward on Feb. 7, 2022. (Mainichi/Atsuko Nakata) OSAKA -- A German Buddhist priest living in this western Japan city has been making YouTube ...

In June 2022, the Plum Village Monastery near the French city of Bordeaux held a 40th anniversary retreat that included an evening of musical celebration for an audience of hundreds. The Buddhist ...