The yogi’s only biography was written by his disciple. An Australian scholar used the text to document his travels, revealing ...
The 233-foot Leshan Giant Buddha in Sichuan, China, is the world's tallest Buddha statue, built in 713 B.C.E. to calm ...
Uncover the stories and history of the Leshan Giant Buddha, the world's largest stone Buddha, including legends, construction, and ongoing preservation.
A Monumental History of Buddhism in India” by Shashank Shekhar Sinha traces 2500 years of history of Buddha and Buddhism.
One of the largest statues of the Buddha in the United States rises 30 feet high from the woods in Franklin Township, near Princeton. It was built a decade ago under the leadership of a Sri Lankan ...
and not only thinking of the Buddha as a man who lived four, five hundred years before, and who has initiated a new way of looking at life." (Claudine Bautze-Pictron) This week in our history we ...
In 629 C.E., a Chinese Buddhist monk named Xuanzang wanted to go west to India to learn more about Buddhism, but at the time, the emperor had forbidden travel outside China. Xuanzang respected ...
Giant Statue of the Buddha in New Jersey Becomes Interfaith Hub and Spiritual Home for Many FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Just off a state highway in New Jersey, one of the largest statues of ...
Writer Johan Elverskog’s book, The Buddha’s Footprint: An Environmental History of Asia, takes a critical look at the interconnections between the rise of Buddhism and its impact on the ...
and not only thinking of the Buddha as a man who lived four, five hundred years before, and who has initiated a new way of looking at life." (Claudine Bautze-Pictron) This week in our history we ...
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Just off a state highway in New Jersey, one of the largest statues of the Buddha in the United States appears unexpectedly in the middle of a backyard. It rises 30 feet ...