The two objects in this exhibition exemplify the birth of Buddhism in Japan. In 552, the Korean kingdom of Baekje sent the Japanese court sacred texts (sutras) and a gilt bronze sculpture, thought to ...

If Japanese Buddhist Temple Bells Could Talk If you’ve visited Buddhist temples in Japan, chances are you passed through ...

OGA, Japan — The Japanese have long taken an easygoing, buffetlike approach to religion, ringing out the old year at Buddhist temples and welcoming the new year, several hours later, at Shinto shrines ...

LONGMONT — The Longmont Buddhist Temple’s ornate shrine now displays images of two of the faith’s most instrumental teachers. Two hand-painted scrolls, which hang on either side of the shrine, depict ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - The hum of conversation and the clinking of spoons and coffee cups fills the wood-panelled cafe in a fashionable Tokyo neighborhood as more than a dozen customers sip drinks and ...

Thich Tam Tri, head monk of the Dai An Pagoda in Japan's Saitama, provided shelter for thousands of Vietnamese during the 2011 earthquake and tsunami and the Covid-19 pandemic. The youngest of nine ...

Traditional Buddhist prayer altars are a breathtaking sight. The shrines range in size and ornamentation, but some of the most elaborate ones are spectacles of gold, painted wood, and statuettes that ...

You can hear a sermon about the Heart Sutra at almost any Buddhist temple. But at one house of worship in Japan, it's delivered by a robot. Mindar, a 6-foot-tall, gender-neutral android modeled after ...

A drone picture shows a mask placed on a 57-metre-high statue of Buddhist goddess Kannon to pray for the end of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic at Houkokuji Aizu Betsuin temple in ...