"The food creates the entire human being," says Gye Ho, the nun who runs the table. Above, an array of dishes served at the temple, including root chips, pickled radishes, marinated tofu, potatoes, ...

Detox diets come and go, like any other fad. In South Korea, one popular diet has staying power. It has been around for at least 1,600 years, ever since the founding of the Jinkwansa temple in the ...

Upon graduating law school, Shi Zheng Hui decided she could better penetrate and accomplish her life by entering a monastery in Taiwan as a Buddhist nun. In 2001, she was given a rare opportunity to ...

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