he Khmer Rouge genocide erased Khmer culture in Cambodia in the 1970s. As a result, some Khmer youth in America are now disconnected from their heritage. Venerable Prenz Sa-Ngoun is a twenty-year-old ...

FALL RIVER — Since you sit on the floor in a Buddhist temple, with your shoes off, and since the statue is so big, it’s only natural to feel a little like you are a child playing at the feet of the ...

DO DONTREI, Cambodia (AP) – More than 100 people have attended a Buddhist ceremony honoring the dead in a freshly uncovered Khmer Rouge mass grave in rural Cambodia. Buddhist monks led prayers and ...

(HRW/IFEX) – The following is a 21 December 2007 Human Rights Watch press release: Cambodia: Ensure Safety of Buddhist Monks Prosecute Police Involved in ‘Burma-Style’ Crackdown (New York, December 21 ...

TA PROHM, CAMBODIA—Archaeologists discovered the torso of a unique Buddha statue at the Ta Prohm Temple complex outside of Siem Reap, according to a statement released by Cambodia’s APSARA National ...

8 x 4.5 x 4.5 in. (20.3 x 11.4 x 11.4 cm.) From a Canadian auction selling the estate of a French gentleman who amassed a large collection of Gandhara, Buddhas and Khmer items throughout his life.

Buddhist Studies in Cambodia serves not only as religious education but as a holistic academic discipline that integrates ...

After escaping the Khmer Rouge with my siblings, I learned who had been protecting me all along. Amazing grace, how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me.” The first time I heard those words, I ...

TACOMA, Wash. — A woman who serves as a nun at a Buddhist temple in Tacoma was beaten last week in what may have been a tenant dispute, according to officials. Nguon Huon is still recovering from the ...

Plans for what will ultimately become the largest Buddhist temple in the Bay Area for ethnic Cambodians was approved Tuesday night by San Jose councilmembers, clearing the final hurdle for a $25 ...