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At This Secret Mountain Monastery, Food and Wine Is Free
The Orthodox Christian monks of Mount Athos in southern Greece believe in hospitality towards all travellers. Visitors stay in their monasteries without charge and are given free food and wine.
Canadian Monks Bought 600 Pounds of Live Lobsters and Released Them in the Ocean
Over 600 pounds of lobsters are now scuttling peacefully on the ocean floor of eastern Canada rather than wallowing in butter and garlic, thanks to the efforts of a group of Buddhist monks.
Last Night's 'Game of Thrones' Showed the Downside of Forgiveness
When your whole thing is absolving people when they repent, it's hard to make your enemies go away for good.
Researchers Are Digitizing Ancient Monk Chants Into a Massive Database
“The medieval memory was fabulous for a lot of reasons and this is just another example.”
Watch Three Buddhist Monks Brawl in Front of a Temple
Cell phone footage captured three monks throwing wild haymakers at one another while a woman screamed.
Meet the Arkansas Monks Who Make Flaming Habanero Hot Sauce
Since 2003, the monks at Subiaco Abbey have been making Monk Sauce—a homemade hot sauce made with habanero peppers grown at the monastery.
The Peculiar Case of a Modern-Day Hermit
Does solitude destroy the human psyche, or does it allow us to see the world clearly?
We Asked an Expert What Aung San Suu Kyi’s Victory Would Mean for Myanmar
As the results of the nation's first free election in 25 years are being released, it's looking like it's going to be a landslide victory for Aung San Suu Kyi's party, the National League of Democracy (NLD).
The Less-Than-Legal Ways to Get Your Hands on the World's Best Trappist Beer
Westvleteren Twaalf has been named the world's best beer five times, but the monks who make it refuse to go mass-market. Those of us who want to get our hands on it have to get a little creative.
Chartreuse Is a Monk's Secret Formula to Long Life
Father Michael Holleran—an American monk who oversaw the production of 400-year-old Chartreuse liqueur by the Carthusian Order in France—says that the traditions of alchemy, distilling, and the search for the Holy Grail are all inextricably linked.
Searching for Thailand's Grimmest Good Luck Charm
After hearing rumors of Thai monks burning stillborn babies for luck, I went on a journey to see if there was any truth to them.
The World's Toughest Rehab Is a Monastery in Thailand
Tham Krabok, Thailand's monastic equivalent to the Betty Ford Clinic, helps people overcome their addictions by living like monks and drinking a "cleansing" brown liquid that makes them vomit excessively each day.