In 'Casting The Buddha,' Shashank Shekhar Sinha explores the journey of Buddhism in India through historical sites, stupas, ...

The New Jersey Buddhist Vihara, a monastery, follows Theravada, the predominant form practiced in Sri Lanka, Burma and Thailand ... “And obviously, the statue of the Buddha in this temple, ...

Uncover the stories and history of the Leshan Giant Buddha, the world's largest stone Buddha, including legends, construction, and ongoing preservation.

A new administration is about to take over just as a possible new pandemic is staring humanity in the face, plus more from ...

making it the largest reclining Buddha statue in Thailand. The complex also houses the most Buddha's in all of Thailand. Along with the famous reclining Buddha, Wat Pho features a whopping 394 ...

After visiting more than 100 countries, I have experienced hurricanes, medical emergencies and helicopter evacuations. This ...

What keeps me going — even more than opportunities to, say, swim with stingless jellyfish in Kakaban Island, Indonesia, or see a 380-foot Buddha statue near Monywa, Myanmar — is that nothing ...

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BANGKOK -- Thailand has launched a high-stakes initiative to break the diplomatic deadlock over Myanmar's spiraling crisis, with a two-track plan to convene senior officials of neighboring ...

BANGKOK/YANGON -- Myanmar people displaced within their own country are expected to increase by about 30% to 4.5 million next year, according to a United Nations projection, as the conflict there ...

A commemorative "walk-run" set for December 27 will begin at the Ban Nam Khem Tsunami Memorial Park, a coastal garden with a Buddha statue and ... in Malaysia and Myanmar. There was no warning ...

Tsunami-hit nations will next week commemorate the more than 220,000 people who died in the Boxing Day disaster two decades ...