A Buddhist temple in northern Canberra has been “targeted” with hate symbols, police said as they call for witnesses to the ...

The camp’s founders, Frank and Jospehine Duveneck, purchased the tiles in 1913, years before the ancient Buddhist emblem was co-opted by Nazis into the hate symbol it’s known as today.

The pagoda itself functions as a temple, making it a “vertical monastery” — or, as its name suggests, “The Palace of Buddha.” ...

The uppermost level is surmounted by a pearl-shaped symbol, which represents the Buddhist faith. In Liao Dynasty, the temple stood in the most flourishing market district of the imperial city ...

at Buddhist temples, Shinto shrines and homes sees people marking “setsubun,” the last day of the winter in the Japanese lunar calendar. Like rice, soybeans are considered a symbol of vitality ...