Is "The White Lotus" just for cringe and shock value, or does it have something interesting to say about sadism, narcissism, and family enmeshment?

Buddhist temples vary in style and design, but they usually feature a main hall, a Buddha statue and space to meditate.

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Like, of course, this little rich girl is like, ‘Yeah, my next move, for my life and career, I’m going to let my dad pay for me to live in a monastery for a year.’ You ...

Shortly after dawn, more than 200 monks from an order of Tibetan exiles carry carefully bundled scriptures and 108 gold-gilt ...

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Kamasutra 3D movie is based on Vatsyayana's Kama Sutra, an ancient Indian Hindu text widely considered to be the standard work on human sexual behavior in Sanskrit literature. The movie story ...

From the windows of her home next to the monastery, she awakes to a sight of the impeccably white brick and mortar Buddha sitting on a pink concrete lotus flower. Raised as a Presbyterian, she became ...

“The White Lotus,” Mike White’s black comedy anthology series on HBO, returns for Season 3, this time set in Thailand. Airing on Sundays, the new season sports a new cast and a focus on ...

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Written and directed by Mike White, "Hide or Seek" is basically part one of two, setting up next week's "Full Moon Party." Is it even “The White Lotus” if you’re not on the edge of your seat ...

Walton Goggins as Rick in "The White Lotus." Credit: Fabio Lovino / HBO Rick Hatchett (Walton Goggins) has been brooding all over The White Lotus this season, throwing full buckets over his ...