Object Details Label In this painting created for Buddhist worship, Shakyamuni, the Historical Buddha, sits on a throne. To the left and right are his two principal attendants: the bodhisattvas ...

A group of Buddhist statues enshrined in the main hall's rear area will be open to the public from July 1 to Sept. 30. For details, call the temple at (0749) 38-4008. About the Author ...

Chef Jeong Kwan was the recipient of the Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants Icon Award in 2022. A Buddhist monk, she has gained fans around the world for her vegetarian “temple cuisine” that ...

Binh Gia Pham, the Vietnamese man who burned himself to death on an Ellington hilltop, was an unassuming postal clerk who worshiped in a Dorchester, Mass., apartment filled with Buddhist icons, a ...

The church’s pews and organ pipes remain, but Buddhist icons and Vietnamese phrases now decorate the hall. One larger celebration is the birthday of Buddha, which will happen May 7.

Elias talked about the Taliban's destruction of Buddhist statues in Afghanistan in 2001 and described the significance the event holds for the wider clash of art and religion. Elias attributed the ...