The Jade Buddha drew throngs of more than 3.5 million during its 2009 tour of Vietnam and attracted an estimated 120,000 people last winter at stops in San Diego and Houston.

The Jade Buddha for Universal Peace, above, can be viewed for free at 1980 Senter Road, San Jose, from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily and until noon Friday. A closing ceremony will be held at 1 p.m. Friday.

He has been following the jade Buddha since 2009, and has seen it five times from Ho Chi Minh City to his own temple in Aurora. “When I’m in its presence, it gives me power,” Vien said.

Thich said he applied to The Jade Buddha for Universal Peace project, based in Australia, to host the Jade Buddha in Abington. “It means to me a symbol of peace,” he said.

A 4½-ton statue of Buddha made of rare, dark jade has arrived in the county on its first stop in a U.S. tour to spread peace and happiness with its trademark smile of serenity and look of compassion.

The Jade Buddha for Universal Peace is a 4.5-ton statue made of rare, dark jade carved out of a giant bolder discovered 10 years ago in Canada. It is touring temples throughout Asia, Australia and ...

Behind them, a giant statue of Buddha gazes out through the rain into the neighborhood. Thousands of people came from all over Orange County to see the 4.5-ton Jade Buddha for Universal Peace, a […] ...

A massive jade Buddha statue that has attracted more than 4.8 million visitors during a world tour during the past year returns to Escondido this weekend. What: The Jade Buddha for Universal PeaceW… ...

Co Lam Pagoda unveiled the Jade Buddha for Universal Peace — a nearly 9-foot-high Buddha carved entirely out of one block of jade, that will be at the temple through Aug. 29.

ABINGTON (CBS) – It has traveled all over the world, but for the next four weeks a giant Buddha statue will call Abington home. The four-ton Jade Buddha for Universal Peace on busy Chestnut ...