Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Carol Kruhen lifts up her pressed palms next to a statue of the Buddha after meditating at the New Jersey ...

it’s open, and that’s very New Jersey.” The New Jersey Buddhist Vihara, a monastery, follows Theravada, the predominant form practiced in Sri Lanka, Burma and Thailand. But it's welcoming of ...

The latest episode was in August 2023, during a special Pongal prayer ceremony. Bhaskaran Susilathevi, a resident of Thannimurippu, intimately familiar with the terrain around the Siva temple, found ...

His dream? Uniting people of all faiths. Today, the statue in the New Jersey Buddhist Vihara and Meditation Center has become a hub for interfaith efforts and a spiritual home for practicing ...

His dream? Uniting people of all faiths. Today, the statue in the New Jersey Buddhist Vihara and Meditation Center has become a hub for interfaith efforts and a spiritual home for practicing Buddhists ...