On a secondhand table in his Washington apartment, Bill Janey keeps three worn Bibles, a vial of oil, a few photographs of friends, a tiny candle and a box containing a prayer list. Janey, a ...

Salinas' Buddhist temple has renewed its altar as it looks back at its past, and towards the future. In Buddhist tradition, the temple sent its altar off to Japanese artisans to be restored for its ...

Sophie Elliott, 14, pets the family cat Angel in front of her mother Marcy Voyevod's bedroom altar dedicated to Love and Partnership in Alameda on Sunday afternoon. Elliott has an altar in her bedroom ...

As the manager of the anesthesia department at Swedish Medical Center, Mitchell Ishikawa spends long, hectic hours attending to patients, surgeons and anesthesiologists. But when he gets home, he ...

It’s no surprise that we arrange our homes to reflect our personalities and interests. Literature lovers fill their rooms with books and comfy reading chairs. An enthusiastic cook may spend thousands ...

David A. Carter, Tad Wise, Robert Beers. New World Library, $23.95 (7pp) ISBN 978-1-57731-467-7 Wise, who brought us Tibetan prayer flags in a gift box with ""Blessings on the Wind,"" offers another ...

GARDEN GROVE, Calif. (AP) - Authorities say a Buddhist temple in Southern California has been destroyed after a front porch altar with candles accidentally set the building ablaze. Garden Grove fire ...

A late-night fire engulfed a Garden Grove house that had been converted into a Buddhist temple, resulting in about $450,000 in damage to the property, fire officials said Wednesday. Firefighters think ...