The real geopolitical frontier between India and China lies not in the oceans but in the Himalayas and at its heart is not ...

An inscription on a box found in Jingchuan County, China says the human remains within belong to Buddha, though archeologists have not yet confirmed the finding. Associated Press Cremated human ...

Monks participate in a traditional mendicants’ walk – a Buddhist tradition of begging for donations – to mark Buddha’s birthday in Hangzhou, China, in 2018. (AFP via Getty Images) Buddhism (Fojiao 佛教) ...

China’s first nationwide living-Buddha authentication database went live on Monday, a month after the country’s religious authorities announced they would make the information available in a ...

Beijing counters that it has raised living standards dramatically in Tibetan areas, which are among China’s poorest. For instance, the central government spent $1.25 billion to educate Tibetan ...

The oldest Ramayana manuscripts do not mention China. But the oldest Mahabharata manuscripts do. China became familiar with ...

When Siddhartha Gautama, aka the Buddha, died 2,600 years ago, legend has it that he was cremated and his remains split up among eight royal families, then eventually dispersed to several ...

Xianzhang Hao from China’s Hebei province grew 10,000 of these “Buddha pears” in his backyard, and now he is selling them for $8 each. “These pears are really popular because they ...

The 233-foot-high sitting Buddha was carved out of a hillside on Mount Emei around 1,200 years ago, and forms part of a UNESCO world heritage site in China's Sichuan province. It usually sits ...

People take picture Buddha's sacred tooth relics, on loan from China, to the Royal garden in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit) 31,228 people played the daily ...

A giant Buddha statue has been damaged by a fire in China's north-west Gansu province. Videos shared on social media showed the statue at the Great Buddha Temple of Shandan County surrounded by ...