People turned out to Thekchen Choling Syracuse for a special exhibit featuring rare 2,500 year old Buddha relics.

During the Sung Dynasty, there is an order of monks enforces their own regulations harshly. Even when the evil Jins attack, and martial arts supremo Zhi Xing helps fight them off, he is punished ...

The eighteen jade claws are prized possessions, transmitting Arhat power to worthy fighters whose legendary feats of strength and powers bestow honour on the temple. But when misused, the power ...

They were known as the 500 "Buddhist Disciples" or arhats. The arhats, all dressed in new silk robes, wore pink and white soled boots, had fresh haircuts, and looked vigorous. Every light was ...

The stone statues are referred to as “Gohyaku Rakan” (500 arhats). However, it is said there are about 650 sculptures. “They are called ‘Kannon-san’ by locals who cherish them,” said ...

91.2 x 72.5 cm. (35.9 x 28.5 in.) ...

Sotheby’s Hong Kong is gearing up to stage its first modern and contemporary art auctions in its recently opened premises at Landmark Chater on November 11 & 12. For years now, exhibitions of Takashi ...

In addition to the five mounts there are sculptures of heavenly guardians, arhats taming dragons and tigers, bodhisattvas, small Buddha statues, Buddha's footprints, vajras, bodhi trees ...

Mahayana Buddhists aim to become Bodhisattvas rather than Arhats. A Bodhisattva is someone who believes that their own enlightenment is not as important as helping others to reach enlightenment.

On October 30th at 3PM, the Nansha-Zhongshan Expressway (NanZhong Expressway) officially opened to traffic, marking an upgraded connectivity in transport networks between ...

A set of Song Dynasty paintings depicting arhats, beings who have achieved enlightenment, is unique as they reflect the "development of Bud-dhism in China, but also show how the Japanese ...