Today, French police succeeded in taking down the 800-ton statue of Gilbert Bourdin ... of the Order of the Knights of the Triumphant Vajra", "Master of the Selection of Souls" and "Great Pontiff ...

The Statue of Acala Vajra was made in the 15th century and measures 26 centimeters tall. Acala Vajra was a Buddhist warrior who is believed to be the reincarnation of the angry Mitukpa.

Among the thorniest is how two of the statues, including the ‘Guardian,’ traveled to Cambodia from China. With one hand raised in a calming gesture and the other holding a vajra, or cudgel ...

Guardian statues are a familiar sight at the entrance ... In one hand, they hold an ancient weapon known as a vajra used to fight evil. Legend has it that they can control thunderbolts.

“Vajra Sky Over Tibet” is an illuminating meditation on that deepest of Buddhist philosophical concerns — impermanence. Study of a threatened culture and people is beautifully shot inside ...