Archaeologists discovered an ancient Buddha statue at a North Korean site, which is about a thousand years old. Researchers ...

Depicted by the statue is the Buddha Amitābha, a prominent figure in Mahayana Buddhism.

a major branch of Mahayana Buddhism often misunderstood in the West. It presents the concept of countless purified realms—pure lands—inhabited by cosmic Buddhas like Amitabha, who guide beings ...