In a dimly lit workshop in eastern China, craftsman Zhang measured and shaped a block of wood into a foot as dozens of ...

With his delighted expression, round belly, bald head and monastic robes, the “Laughing Buddha” is instantly identifiable. However, astute observers might wonder why this buddha does not look like the ...

In eastern China, artisans who have spent decades shaping wooden Buddhas fear that when they stop working, the craft may stop ...

In early 526, a Chinese emperor granted a personal audience to an elderly Buddhist monk. The monk, Daodu, explained to Emperor Liang Wudi that he had grown weary of “this physical frame.” The body “is ...

Giant naked Buddha sculptures in Jinan have been removed after online debate(photo fromhttps: It seemed like a good idea at the time: A restaurateur in the Chinese ...

Buddhist monks and citizens in Laos are opposing a plan to build a Chinese-style Buddha statue in the capital Vientiane terming it a “cultural encroachment” from its largest foreign investor and aid ...

Archaeologists in China may very well have discovered the remains of Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, secretly tucked away under the rubble of a destroyed temple. The 1,000-year-old artifact features an ...