
Court Orders Stolen Buddhist Statue in South Korea to be Returned to Japan
The statue was likely made in South Korea in 1330 but has spent most of its life enshrined in a temple in Japan

The statue was likely made in South Korea in 1330 but has spent most of its life enshrined in a temple in Japan

The Centre of Buddhist Studies (CBS) at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) has announced an upcoming Buddhist studies forum running from 10–11 August.

Russian academic Alexey Maslov examines how Russian Buddhism and the Saint Petersburg school of Buddhist Studies have developed

How a site reputed to have been visited by the Buddha has hosted modern day festivals for Bangladeshi communities every New Year

Looking at how Buddhism has treated nationalism, from ancient empires to modern countries and contemporary movements

Pakistan to begin teaching Buddhism to pupils across the country alongside other religions

Xuanzang is the most famous of China’s Tang-era monk-pilgrims. He has enjoyed an outsize literary impact on the trajectory of Chinese Buddhism and the presentation

A bold take on Chan thought’s “pre-Buddhist” antecedents and influence on formal Chinese Buddhism

Text and context in modern Buddhist scholarship

Buddhist art as a path to transcending ego, connecting..

Conference compliments ongoing exhibition on…

A view of Sri Lanka’s spectacular Buddhist art