Inaugurating a symbol of communal unity

Workers placed a symbolic four-meter wide mask on the statue this week

Bill expected to be adopted in June

Commemorations included opportunities for therapeutic and educational activities

Shifting unhappy perceptions of a sacred symbol through compassionate and sensitive dialogue

Stupa hailed as a symbol of communal unity

His Holiness praises kindness and compassion of symbolic act

Buddhist ice sculpture highlights growing water shortage in the Himalaya

Image is the largest seated Buddha statue in Bangladesh

Digital mokugyo aids sutra recitation while drumming

The boy monks will spend two weeks at Jogye temple until the Buddha’s birthday, to learn about the Buddha’s teachings.

4.6-meter statue of Shakyamuni Buddha based on a 17th-century design

Caring for the dead and the environment

News laws aimed at improving elephant welfare