The 233-foot Leshan Giant Buddha in Sichuan, China, is the world's tallest Buddha statue, built in 713 B.C.E. to calm dangerous rivers.

It was built a decade ago under the leadership of a Sri Lankan monk ordained in Theravada, one of the oldest forms of Buddhism. Today, the statue in the New Jersey Buddhist Vihara and Meditation ...

FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Just off a state highway in New Jersey, one of the largest statues ... of a Sri Lankan monk ordained in Theravada, one of the oldest forms of Buddhism.

It appeared unexpectedly in the middle of a backyard just off a state highway in New Jersey. One of the largest statues of the Buddha in the United States rises 30 feet high from the woods in ...

One of the largest statues of the Buddha in the United States springs up unexpectedly in the middle of a backyard just off a ...

where it was built a decade ago under the leadership of a Sri Lankan monk ordained in Theravada, one of the oldest forms of Buddhism. His dream? Uniting people of all faiths. Today, the statue in ...

Just off a state highway in New Jersey, one of the largest statues of the ... leadership of a Sri Lankan monk ordained in Theravada, one of the oldest forms of Buddhism. His dream?

Monks were part of the 1988 uprising that brought ... The day before he seized power, he placed the first stone in a seated Buddha statue he says will be the world’s largest.