A 14th-century Korean Buddhist statue stolen from a Japanese temple nearly 13 years ago was returned on Monday following a yearslong legal battle between Japan and Korea over its ownership.

A 14th century Korean Buddhist statue stolen from a Japanese temple nearly 13 years ago was returned on Monday, ... The gilt bronze statue Bodhisattva – a female goddess of mercy ...

Installation view of Gallery 208, “Chinese Buddhist Sculpture,” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, taken April 2024. The sculpture of Water-Moon Guanyin described in this article sits on the ...

Among Buddhist goddesses, the White Tara at Asia Society with her inlays of silver and gold stands out. She is the goddess of infinite compassion. ... Maitreya, a bodhisattva of the future who must ...

Nearly 10% of Jataka tales are about merchants who are Bodhisattva or Buddha-to ... These ideas later became part of temple culture as Buddhism waned and Hinduism rose. The goddess Vasundhara ...