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

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

Monks and worshippers spent the night of April 18 chanting sutras to honor the founder of Chion-in temple in Kyoto’s ...

TSU--For a glimpse of nirvana, the head temple of the Takada school of the Jodo Shinshu Buddhism sect is offering visitors the chance to experience the Pure Land blooming with lotus flowers. A 360 ...

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