The most widely recognized set of Vishnu's avatars is the Dashavatara, which comprises ten principal incarnations: Matsya ...

The Buddha statue unearthed recently in North Korea was sculpted during the Golden Age of Buddhism, which emerged out of an ...

The Gupta Empire is widely regarded as India’s Golden Age. Although it existed for only about 230 years (from the 3rd century ...

Depicted by the statue is the Buddha Amitābha, a prominent figure in Mahayana Buddhism.

With the Thai government presenting our prime minister with the Tipitaka, I thought it would be nice to revisit Buddhism this ...

Sitting by the Mekong River, the Buddha Park ignites a sense of wonderment while also encouraging contemplation ...

He dreamt that the Buddhist goddess of mercy sat in a lotus flower on a lake and handed him an infant son. When he did indeed have a son, he had this pagoda built in gratitude. The number three ...

On March 25, the renowned Sri Lankan social anthropologist Prof. Gananath Obeyesekere of Princeton University, passed away leaving academia across the world immeasurably poorer. Till his last breath, ...

Matsuri are regional gatherings usually held on days that are significant in the Shinto or Buddhist ... a statue of the Bodhisattva Kannon (the Japanese name for Guanyin, the Goddess of Mercy ...

The temple has a history dating back 1,400 years and is dedicated to the Buddhist goddess of Mercy. The vibrant red structure has two stories and sculpted figurines on the exterior that give it a ...