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After attending the funeral of Dr Waralak Supawat-Jariyakul in Bangkok’s Wat Phra Sri Mahathat Woramahawihan on Sunday, Pol Lance Corporal Norawit Buadok and his father Sub-Lieutenant Nikhom Buadok were ordained as Buddhist monks on Monday.

One of the world’s most influential Buddhist monks who brought the concept of mindfulness to the West, Thich Nhat Hanh, died on Saturday at the age of 95.

HUẾ — Prominent Buddhist monk and Zen master Thích Nhất Hạnh passed away at Từ Hiếu Temple where his spiritual journey began, at midnight Saturday aged 95.

A generous Buddhist monk joined police officers in Nakhon Si Thammarat on Thursday and waded through chest-high floodwaters to hand survival kits to households in difficult to reach areas.

Four suspects were tracked down and detained in Chanthaburi province on Tuesday morning as part of the “Chanthaboon” operation.

Local monks have launched a mission to deliver relief packages in Sukhothai province, where households are under 1 metre of floodwater.

A 73-year-old monk from Nakhon Ratchasima died on Thursday after receiving his first dose of AstraZeneca vaccine two weeks ago.

Disturbed by people’s suffering, a Buddhist monk decided to don a PPE suit and start travelling around Bangkok to conduct Covid-19 tests and help patients in severe condition.

TOKYO - The most popular monk in Japanese history is probably Ikkyu Sojun (1394-1481), who served as the abbot of Daitokuji temple -- one of the Kyoto Gozan, or top five eminent Zen temples in Kyoto.

A monk who had gone missing since April 2 was found trapped in Phitsanulok’s Tham Phra Sai Ngam cave on Tuesday morning and pulled out of the flooded cave by 11.30am on Wednesday.

A rescue plan is underway for a monk who is reportedly missing after he was last seen entering a cave in Phitsanulok province’s Nern Maprang district on April 2, the Ake Rescue Foundation posted on their Facebook page on Monday.

The death of a 71-year-old monk in Bangkok on the day he received his Covid-19 vaccine might have been due to underlying causes, the top official of a hospital said.