Manga adaptations are a great way to be introduced to other forms of media you may have never considered paying attention to before or had no access to. More and more culturally significant stories by ...

Tucked down a gravel road just west of U.S. Highway 1 is White Sands Buddhist Center. The 27-acre campus is a peaceful retreat that includes soothing fountains, inspirational messages and three of ...

I visited the Japanese city amid government crackdowns on ‘paparazzi tourists’ who harass working geishas. Parts of the iconic Gion district have become no-go areas, and you can’t walk 10 steps ...

In the Buddhist language, Pāli, the word for human dissatisfaction and suffering is dukkha. For Buddhist thinkers, all human suffering is caused by desire, attachment or craving. As a Buddhist ...

God forbid that they (or I) should end up in hell, but the possibility is real for those who turn their backs on God’s grace. Jesus’ teachings were hard. He challenged people to renounce ...

A Buddhist monk has been mauled to death by his own pet pit bull, which launched a brutal attack on the man's face. Phra Bandit Bootsen was feeding the one-year-old pup named Jord, when it latched ...

So I’d be attending the group and looking at some really fun sites and stuff to come, maybe a beautiful Hell’s Kitchen restaurant,” he announced. Upon arriving in the Philippines ...

Their living conditions have been described by one human rights defender as "a hell on earth". They are all being held in the Immigration Detention Centre (IDC) in central Bangkok, which houses ...

Religious groups across Los Angeles, including Sikhs, Hindus, Christians, Muslims, and Buddhists, are providing aid and relief to wildfire victims. Moninder Singh, a dedicated volunteer at a ...

Charles Pulliam-Moore is a reporter focusing on film, TV, and pop culture. Before The Verge, he wrote about comic books, labor, race, and more at io9 and Gizmodo for almost five years. When last ...