“Sha ri shi. Shiki fu i ku. Ku fu i shiki.” The sounds of the monks’ chants reverberated through me. I didn’t know what the words meant, but somehow they brought me a measure of peace ...

Buseoksa Temple in Seosan, South Korea, shows the seated Buddha statue on May 10, 2025, before its return to Japan's Kannonji temple. (Kyodo) SEOSAN, South Korea (Kyodo) -- A South Korean temple ...

Judy Nguyen remembers when she first visited the Chùa Hương Đạo Buddhist temple in southeast Fort Worth nearly a year ago. Nguyen, who lives in Georgia, fell in love with the architecture ...

A South Korean temple that claimed ownership of a 14th-century Buddha statue stolen from a Japanese temple in 2012 handed it over to the Japanese owner on Saturday. While the statue, taken by South ...

The Temple of the Reclining Buddha, known as Wat Pho in Thai, is a Buddhist temple complex which is most known for its gold-plated "Reclining Buddha" sculpture. The Buddha measures 151 feet long ...

One of the city's most popular attractions, the Jade Buddha Temple impresses visitors with its legion of statues. The temple was originally built to house two jade statues brought in from Burma.

The Korea Heritage Service (KHS) on May 19 announced the designation of Buddhist temple food as National Intangible Cultural Heritage for reflecting the Buddhist spirit. Such food refers to the ...

A 14th-century Buddhist statue of the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, stolen in October 2012 and taken to South Korea, sits after returned at Kannon Temple on Tsushima Island, southwestern Japan ...

TOKYO (AP) — A 14th century Korean Buddhist statue stolen from a Japanese temple nearly 13 years ago was returned on Monday, following a yearslong legal battle between Japan and South Korea over ...