The Buddha statue unearthed recently in North Korea was sculpted during the Golden Age of Buddhism, which emerged out of an ...

Written by Compestine, “Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, and Other Curiously Named Classic Chinese Dishes: A Graphic Cookbook—26 Recipes & Stories” (Chronicle Books, $25) is illustrated by Vivian ...

The three dots on the southern face may represent the Triad, a symbol deeply rooted in East Asian Buddhism. This is also the heraldic symbol (mon) of the Matsura, a branch of the clan that ...