For followers of Pure Land Buddhism, Amida is the Buddha of Infinite Light. Amida judges the sincerity of faith in his followers after they die, granting them rebirth in his Western Paradise, where ...

One of the highlights of the event is a famous statue of a Standing Saint Kuya with six small statues of Amida Buddha emerging from his mouth. It is said that the statues represent each character ...

The life and adventures of a Chinese monk who made a 17-year journey to bring Buddhist teachings from India to China. Xuanzang subsequently became a main character in the great Chinese epic Journey to ...

Founded in the 10th century by Buddhist Saint Kuya, who spread the Amida faith, the temple is renowned for housing a famed statue of a Standing Saint Kuya, which is an important cultural property ...

From China, images of Cloth Bag as the Laughing Buddha traveled in two directions. They spread first in East Asia to ...

Drawing on the National Museum of Asian Art's collections and collecions from across the Smithsonian, artworks spanning two millennia reveal Asia's rich Buddhist heritage. They represent diverse ...

[Photo provided to China Daily] With their heads removed and bodies broken into pieces to be sold around the world, Buddhist statues taken from sacred grottoes in North China are being made whole ...

Minamiyamashiro, in the very south of Kyoto Pref., was once an important transportation hub, and many Buddhist temples were built to spiritually watch over this secluded region. Around the 15th ...

27:41 The attempts to find ways to disseminate and preserve Buddhism in tune with the times breathes new life into the ancient teachings.

The Five Moral Precepts and the Noble Eightfold Path are important guides for the Buddhist family and other areas of life. Image caption, A mother and child making an offering to a boy monk at a ...

Themes: Buddhism; the life of the Buddha; caring for our world; kindness to all living things; living a good life. Summary: This assembly, suitable for an act of collective worship, uses two ...

An incredibly rare and museum-quality 11th century brass figure of Vajravarahi from Northeastern India, dating from the Pala Period; an important 10th century lacquered wood sculpture of Amida Buddha; ...