The monk’s name was Gishin Yamashita, who was stationed in an Imperial Japanese Army unit on the ... One day, a boy said to him, “I want to see my mom.” He started crying while looking ...

What really makes Tenzin's case a rare one, however, is that there are fewer than 30 documented cases of self-mummified monks in the world, most of which are in Northern Honshu, Japan. The cold ...

SWAT: Junsei Terasawa, a prominent Buddhist monk from Japan, on Sunday emphasised the profound historical and cultural connections between the ancient region of Gandhara and Japan, particularly in ...