An archaeological excavation team was shocked to find a fully intact Buddha torso statue from the 12 th or 13 th century ...

The Buddha emerged from his mother’s side, as she stood leaning against a tree, in a painless and pure birth. He took seven steps and lotus flowers sprang up in his footsteps. A wise man ...

had a dream foretelling of the Buddha’s birth and during childbirth she suffered no pain. It is said he was born out of his mother’s side and immediately had the ability to walk and talk.

The famous bronze Buddha is more than five meters long ... is a sutra repository built against a cliff. On the western side are rockeries, pavilions and mountain vegetation; all contribute ...

The Hiroshima Daibutsu (big Buddha statue) is currently enshrined ... located on the east side of the Atomic Bomb Dome here, on Aug. 4, 1950, as a symbol of peace. It was greeted with great ...