Buddhist sites were famous for collecting and exchanging valuable commodities. From Southeast Asia came aromatic trees and spices and gold and silver. This was exchanged for textiles of South Asia ...

This famous Buddhist temple, dating from the 8th and 9th centuries, is located in central Java. It was built in three tiers: a pyramidal base with five concentric square terraces, the trunk of a cone ...

Reiko Ohnuma, a scholar of South Asian Buddhism, argues that Maya is remembered in Buddhist tradition as an idealized, if passive, maternal figure. Her death shortly after the future Buddha’s birth ...

Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Most people associate a “tour” with personal travel, famous bands, or even Broadway ...

The Great Xiangguo Temple in Kaifeng is one of the most famous Buddhist monasteries in China. It was first built in AD 555, and became an important place for exchanging Buddhist culture between ...

Shinran, the founder of the Jodo Shinshu sect, is one of the most famous Buddhist saints in Japan, with popular novels and dramas depicting his life and teachings.