Studies have shown that a 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit the region in 1430, which resulted in the 1,300-year-old statue’s tumble. SEOUL – A 1,300-year-old rock-carved Buddha statue in Gyeongju’s Namsan, discovered with its face down a mere 5 centimeters away from a giant rock, is to be reerected, the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism announced […]
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Gandhara festival all set to retell story of ancient civilisation
RAWALPINDI: In order to introduce the present generation to the world’s oldest civilisation, the Gandhara festival will be held under the aegis of the Rawalpindi Arts Council later this month. The two-day Gandhara festival will be held on January 29 at the Gandhara Centre, Taxila Museum, while the five-day art exhibition will be held at […]
Feng Shui: These 5 Feng Shui Items You Should Bring to Your Home For Good Luck and Money Pipa News
You can bring happiness, prosperity to your home by decorating your home. Seems impossible and unreasonable? It is possible if you follow simple feng shui tricks. Just as we follow Vastu Shastra to increase the flow of positive energy, Feng Shui is popular among the Chinese. Feng Shui helps to infuse positive energy into the […]
Millennium-old Buddha statues unearthed in ancient market
More than 680 fragments of Buddha statues and pagoda sculptures have been unearthed in the ruins of an ancient market in Xi’an, Northwest China’s Shaanxi province. The statues were discovered in a pit in the ruins of East Market, a major commercial center during the Tang Dynasty (618-907). The Buddha statues were made of clay, […]
Monks clean Zentsuji Temple’s Buddha statue ahead of New Year
In preparation for the New Year, monks at Zentsuji Temple in the city of Zentsuji, Kagawa Prefecture, conducted the annual tradition of brushing the dust off a statue of Yakushi Nyorai, or the “Medicine Buddha,” earlier this month. Enshrined as the temple’s principal deity, the wooden statue was completed in 1700 by renowned Buddha sculptor […]
Thousands of Buddhist temples filled this sacred skyline
Entering a golden age a thousand years ago, Myanmar’s Bagan empire was home to dazzling structures that attracted pilgrims for centuries. ByJulius Purcell For centuries, visitors to a bend of the Ayeyarwady River in central Myanmar (Burma) have been greeted with a breathtaking spectacle: myriad rose-colored pagodas and temples rising above red soil and emerald […]
Buddhist statues get annual dust-down at World Heritage Horyuji temple in Nara (Japan)
IKARUGA, Nara — Buddhist statues at the World Heritage-registered Horyuji temple here were dusted down on Dec. 8 in an annual December cleanup to prepare for the coming year. Monks including head priest Shokaku Furuya held a ceremony at 10 a.m. before starting the cleanup work. Using dusters made by attaching Japanese “washi” paper to […]
The History of Budai, the Laughing Buddha
You may wonder why the Buddha is so often depicted as chubby and laughing. The Laughing Buddha is understood as a particular Buddha who is not the Buddha who founded Buddhism. This particular Buddha is named Budai (sometimes spelled Pu-tai) in China. In Buddhist iconography there are many different Buddhas. Buddha is a title derived […]
Mysterious legends surround Gwanchok Temple’s ‘Future Buddha’ statue
By Dale Quarrington You might not know the name of the statue. And you might not know the name of the temple where the statue is housed. In fact, you might not even know the city or the province where you might find this historic national treasure. However, once your eyes meet the “Stone Standing […]
On the Ponniyin Trail: Here are the five places that tread the path of the Cholas in Sri Lanka
The Chola dynasty— one of the longest-ruling dynasties in world history—has once again caught the public imagination. Filmmaker Mani Ratnam’s Ponniyin Selvan I, or PS1, which is based on Tamil literature’s most-visited text by Kalki Krishnamurthy, brings to life Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka’s stupas, lush forests and lotus-filled ponds. As a Ponniyin fan, though, […]