{"id":80937,"date":"2026-02-28T11:23:04","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T16:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=80937"},"modified":"2026-02-28T11:23:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T16:23:35","slug":"japan-tests-ai-robot-monk-buddharoid-to-guide-buddhist-faithful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/japan-tests-ai-robot-monk-buddharoid-to-guide-buddhist-faithful\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan Tests AI Robot Monk \u2018Buddharoid\u2019 To Guide Buddhist Faithful"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <em>Yahoo News:<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Japan is testing how artificial intelligence could enter religious life after researchers introduced an AI powered robot monk at a temple in Kyoto. The humanoid, known as Buddharoid, appeared before reporters wearing a simple grey robe and speaking in a calm voice about Buddhist teachings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Developed by Kyoto University, the robot combines AI conversation tools with human like movement. It can walk, gesture and respond to personal questions drawn from Buddhist scriptures. During a demonstration, it advised a journalist struggling with anxiety to slow down and observe thoughts rather than follow them.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gsp_post_data\" \r\n\t            data-post_type=\"post\" \r\n\t            data-cat=\"news\" \r\n\t            data-modified=\"120\"\r\n\t            data-created=\"1772277784\"\r\n\t            data-title=\"Japan Tests AI Robot Monk \u2018Buddharoid\u2019 To Guide Buddhist Faithful\" \r\n\t            data-home=\"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Yahoo News: Japan is testing how artificial intelligence could enter religious life after researchers introduced an AI powered robot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-80937","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80937\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}