Buddhist monks filmed smoking, drinking, playing poker
By John Thomas Didymus, Digital Journal, May 12, 2012
Seoul, South Korea -- Eight monks of the Korean Buddhist Jogye sect were secretly filmed drinking, smoking and gambling in their hotel suite. The hidden surveillance camera recorded them playing a game of high stakes poker in which $875,000 was won. More
Nepal’s kung fu nuns practise karma with a kick AFP, May 13, 2012 KATHMANDU, Nepal -- It is a hot, cloudless morning on a hillside on the outskirts of Kathmandu and dozens of nuns arrange themselves into lines around a golden Buddhist shrine. More
China 'trained female devotees to poison Dalai Lama' Zeenews, May 13, 2012 Dharmsala, India -- The Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, fears Chinese agents have given training to bogus female devotees to kill him with poison while seeking blessings. More
