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Brick and mortar Buddha: Why a giant statue became an interfaith hub and spiritual home for many
Today, the statue in the New Jersey Buddhist Vihara and Meditation Center has become a hub for interfaith efforts and a ...
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A Colossal Buddha Statue Carved into a Cliff: Mount Emei and Leshan Giant Buddha area
The first Buddhist temple in China was built here in Sichuan Province in the 1st century A.D. in the beautiful surroundings of the summit Mount Emei. The addition of other temples turned the site into ...
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Workers save Buddha as S. Korea's wildfires raze ancient temple
At South Korea's thousand-year-old Gounsa Temple, workers delicately swaddled a giant gilded Buddha statue with a fire-retardant blanket. Hours later much of the temple burned down in one of the ...
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Myanmar to unveil giant sitting marble statue of Buddha in Nay Pyi Taw
NAY PYI TAW (Xinhua): After more than three years of construction, Myanmar is preparing to unveil a giant sitting marble statue of Lord Buddha in its capital Nay Pyi Taw on Aug. 1, the Information ...