We have to understand the sentiment that was echoed by King Śuddhodana, who implored the Buddha to refrain from ordaining children without the explicit consent of their parents. However, the Buddha ...

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Explore Krasznahorkai’s 2018 travel memoir Destruction and Sorrow beneath the Heavens, where China’s ancient culture meets ...

BERLIN, GERMANY—Popular Science reports that German scientists used advanced technology to virtually unroll a delicate ancient Buddhist scroll. For centuries, Mongolian nomads often carried portable ...

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The Buddha's Eyeballs are one of the first Key Items you will come across during your time in Yellow Wind Ridge in Black Myth: Wukong. These eyeballs are scattered around the land on the heads of ...

Some of LACMA’s most stunning sculptures and paintings were packed up more than eight years ago to prepare for construction of the museum’s new building. Now this art — Buddhist works from a vast ...

Wilawan Emsawat allegedly seduced and blackmailed several Buddhist monks to rake in large payments worth millions of euros over three years. Police in Thailand have arrested a woman who allegedly ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This Butsudan-Buddhist altar was made ...

Buddhists are the only group in this report whose number declined worldwide between 2010 and 2020. This was due both to religious disaffiliation among Buddhists in East Asia and to a relatively low ...

Buddha Purnima 2025: This year, Buddha Purnima falls on May 12 (Monday). Buddha Purnima 2025: Celebrated by Buddhists across the globe, Buddha Purnima honours the birth of Siddhartha Gautama, the ...