Sri Lanka rarely convicts Buddhist monks, but this marks the second time that Gnanasara, who has repeatedly been accused of hate crimes and anti-Muslim violence, has been jailed. The sentence ...

Today, Tōdaiji remains the head temple of the Kegon (Huayan) sect of Mahayana Buddhism, which reveres the Avatamsaka Sutra ... the statue took nine years to complete. At the time, Japan hardly ...