Memorial services held online. Zen meditation apps. Buddhist temple-led match-making services. As the coronavirus pandemic forces institutions around the world to change the way they do things, those ...

TOKYO (Reuters) – A Japanese company has introduced a new role for SoftBank’s humanoid robot “Pepper” – a Buddhist priest for hire at funerals. Chanting sutras in a computerized voice while tapping a ...

Temple chief priest Bungen Oi holds a Sony pet robot AIBO after a robots' funeral at the Kofukuji temple in Isumi, Chiba on April 26, 2018. Credit: NICOLAS DATICHE/AFP/Getty Images Over 100 dogs just ...

TOKYO – A Japanese company has introduced a new role for SoftBank’s humanoid robot “Pepper” – a Buddhist priest for hire at funerals. Chanting sutras in a computerized voice while tapping a drum, the ...

The 4-year-old child who died Sunday after falling into a pond outside a Houston-area Buddhist temple has been identified as Nancy Som, according to the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences.

Memorial services held online. Zen meditation apps. Buddhist temple-led matchmaking services. As the coronavirus pandemic forces institutions around the world to change the way they do things, those ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese company has introduced a new role for SoftBank's humanoid robot "Pepper" - a Buddhist priest for hire at funerals. Chanting sutras in a computerized voice while tapping a ...