One of the largest statues of the Buddha in the United States rises 30 ... who organizes interfaith gatherings and tends to a peace garden at the premises; and a woman who — after living near ...

The women first met in 2015 at the World Heritage site Nikko, in Tochigi Prefecture, where they were helping to restore 7.5-meter-tall Buddha statues at Nikko Rinnoji Temple. After the two-year ...

A 14th-century Buddhist statue that Korea’s Supreme Court ruled should be returned to the Japanese temple that held it before it was smuggled into Korea will be sent to Japan in May. The Gilt ...