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Several common characteristics are found in carved or painted representations of Siddhartha Gautama, the historical founder of Buddhism. His birth, enlightenment and death (between the 5 th and 6th ...

The Jade Buddha for Universal Peace was seated upon his alabaster throne in a converted warehouse on San Jose’s south side Wednesday afternoon. The 4 ½-ton jade carving had just finished a welcoming ...

The Jade Buddha for Universal Peace is on display at the Tinh Xa Ngoc Nhien temple in Garland. An immense Buddha statue made from exquisite jade can be seen in Garland through this weekend as it makes ...

The Buddha of Swat, carved on a cliff in the seventh century, was dynamited by the Pakistani Taliban in 2007. Now it has been restored, a powerful symbol of tolerance in the traumatised Pakistani ...

BUDDHISM OF TIBET : OR LAMAISM WITH ITS MYSTIC CULTS SYMBOLISM AND MYTHOLOGY AND IN ITS RELATION TO INDIAN BUDDHISM BY L AUSTINE WADDELL ...

As six Tibetan monks meditated at Ichimura Miami-Japanese Garden, silence filled the air. The monks recited mantras about love and compassion at the opening ceremony of the Bodhi Festival, a world ...