By deepening ties with Buddhist nations and revitalizing its own Buddhist heritage, India continues to reinforce its role as ...
Other remarkable Buddha statues featured in the Wanderlust list are located in Bhutan, mainland China, Japan, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, and Thailand.
Sometimes called the Kyoto of eastern Japan, Kamakura boasts dozens of shrines including the Great Buddha, a towering ...
We drank Japanese tea, ate a Sumo-style hot pot dinner, walked through a bamboo forest and even climbed inside a giant Buddha ...
We drank Japanese tea, ate a Sumo-style hot pot dinner, walked through a bamboo forest and even climbed inside a giant, 750-year-old bronze Buddha statue. We fed wild deer who were as tame as our ...
Shortly after dawn, more than 200 monks from an order of Tibetan exiles carry carefully bundled scriptures and 108 gold-gilt ...