South Korea's Supreme Court recognized the Japanese temple's ownership of the statue in 2023, rejecting claims that it was ...

A South Korean temple that claimed ownership of a 14th-century Buddha statue stolen from a Japanese temple in 2012 handed it over to the Japanese owner on Saturday. While the statue, taken by South ...

A South Korean temple that claimed ownership of a 14th-century Buddha statue stolen from a Japanese temple in 2012 handed it ...

KONAN, Aichi -- A gentle-faced giant Buddha statue with "sunglasses" in this central Japan city, north of Nagoya, has become ...

Another phenomenon inadvertently revealed by the fact of the sale is the ongoing commercialisation of Buddhism in the west.

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Temples and shrines Around one of several shrines visited, the Fushimi Inari, we were fascinated to see many fox statues.

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Sotheby’s has postponed an auction of jewels associated with Buddha’s remains, originally scheduled for Wednesday, after the Indian government opposed the sale and demanded it be halted.

Buddha Purnima, also known as Vesak or Buddha Jayanti, marks the birth, enlightenment, and Mahaparinirvana of Lord Buddha. It ...

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