The End of Suffering

The End of Suffering

Traveling to Paris this Summer is now as exciting as dining in the new Buddha-Bar Restaurant New York, an outpost of the original in Paris. Opened July 13, the Pan-Asian cuisine restaurant sits in the heart of New York’s TriBeCa neighborhood...

Enter Sandman

A Japanese Buddhist monk who has a penchant for singing punk, metal and rock classics, accompanied by gongs, drums and other instruments. In the past, he’s covered the Ramones’ “Teenage Lobotomy,” “Queen’s “We Will Rock You,” and the Beatles’ “Yellow Submarine”–not to...
The Punk Monk of Burma

The Punk Monk of Burma

Living as a punk in Burma is not only a lifestyle or just a copy of Western trends, it is an act of rebellion. Even though his father is a policeman Kyaw Kyaw, 26, has decided to become a punk to protest against the political and economical situation in his country....