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In 2015, a C.T. scan revealed the mummified remains of a monk inside a thousand-year-old Buddha statue. Researchers brought the statue from the Drents Museum in the Netherlands to the Meander ...
Editor's Note: This story was updated on March 3 at 10:10 a.m. E.T. A Chinese statue of a sitting Buddha has revealed a hidden surprise: Inside, scientists found the mummified remains of a monk ...
The horrifying moment a giant statue of Buddha collapsed killing a monk has been captured on film. The 29ft (9m) statue was being built for good luck at the Kaeng Khan Sung Monastery in eastern ...
It was built a decade ago under the leadership of a Sri Lankan monk ordained in Theravada, one of the oldest forms of Buddhism. Today, the statue in the New Jersey Buddhist Vihara and Meditation ...
A METRE-long sleeping Buddha statue made by Cambodian monk Ven Hou Heng using only incense powder and water will be one of the main attractions at an artifact exhibition during the state-level ...
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Just off a state highway in New Jersey, one of the largest statues of the Buddha in the United ... the leadership of a Sri Lankan monk ordained in Theravada, one ...
A Buddhist Statue Stolen From a Japanese Temple Nearly ... feel like crying,” Woonou, the temple’s chief monk, told The Associated Press over the phone. He insisted that Japan “plundered ...
Giant Statue of the Buddha in New Jersey Becomes Interfaith ... where it was built a decade ago under the leadership of a Sri Lankan monk ordained in Theravada, one of the oldest forms of Buddhism.