Buddhist monks protest for autonomy over Bodh Gaya temple, demanding repeal of Bodh Gaya Temple Act since 1949.
The giant Buddha statue is carved into a cliff of sandy rocks at the Tianti Mountain, separated by a dam in the Huangyang River Reservoir in Wuwei, Gansu province. SHEN LONGQUAN/FOR CHINA DAILY ...
An archaeological excavation team was shocked to find a fully intact Buddha torso statue from the 12 th or 13 th century ...
The 9.5-centimeter-tall statue was concealed inside a wooden statute of Goho Doji, a deity in the form of a child that is said to obey high priests in protecting Buddhist teachings. The 76.5-cm ...
But this statue was absolutely not made to titillate ... Indeed Sri Lanka was shared, then as now, between Sinhala and Tamil, Hindu and Buddhist, and there were close links and many exchanges ...
Tragic aftermath of Myanmar earthquake at U Hla Thein monastery, with monks trapped and families hoping for miracles.
Unlike Hinduism, which encourages its followers ... most Buddhists worship Buddha statues, believing that divine powers manifest through them and bring blessings. This practice makes mainstream ...
Goto asked Ishiguro to “create a Buddhist statue via robotics,” to which the robot scientist expressed interest. Goto believed Buddhism should be spread by flexibly changing the style in which ...