Sarito Carroll's memoir brings to light the untold story of the children who lived in Oregon's infamous commune.

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What are the hallmarks of a resilient, balanced, long-term happiness? Traditional Japanese wisdom offers insights.

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In Japan, the simple act of walking has long been connected to working toward enlightenment.

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The two great men shook the world by their ideas and deeds, and lived their lives for others on this very land, twenty-five ...

The Buddhist celebration is unique to the Shan people of northeastern Myanmar, hundreds of thousands of whom have moved to Thailand during their country's decades of dictatorship and turmoil.

Dressed in flowers, finery and makeup, scores of boys were paraded around a temple in Thailand before having their heads shaved -- a symbolic start to a centuries-old Shan monkhood ordination.