Workers scaled a giant statue of a Buddhist goddess in Japan on Tuesday to place a custom-made mask on her face, an act meant to be a prayer for the end of the coronavirus pandemic. It took four ...

A thousand years after the Buddha's nirvana, Buddhists finally acquired a goddess of (almost) equal stature to the Buddha. Before this, the only goddess who was very prominent in Buddhist literature ...

A visitor views a replica of a Kannon Bodhisattva statue during the Dunhuang Art Exhibition at the National Art Museum of China. Story at a glance The Buddhist goddess Kannon, or Kanzeon Bosatsu, is ...

In 'The Buddhist goddess Marishiten', David A. Hall provides an in-depth exploration of the Buddhist cult of the warrior goddess Marici; its evolution in India, China, and Japan; its texts and their ...

A massive custom-made "face mask", weighing 35 kg (77 pounds), was placed on a giant Buddhist goddess statue in Japan to pray for the end of the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday (June 15). The "mask", ...

Worshippers at a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, are read sermons and Buddhist scriptures by a robot modeled after the Buddhist goddess of mercy, Kannon. Inside Kodaiji Temple is a 6-foot-4-inch and ...

Rishengchang exchange shop at Pingyao. [Photo by Deepankar Aron/ For chinadaily.com.cn] During the eastern Han dynasty (AD 25-220), under the Ming emperor's reign in particular, Buddhism started ...

A renovated shrine in Kyoto featurea an android modeled after Kannon, the Buddhist Goddess of Mercy. It stands with hands folded while chanting Buddhist scripture, local media report. Good morning.

A drone picture shows a mask placed on a 57-metre-high statue of Buddhist goddess Kannon to pray for the end of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic at Houkokuji Aizu Betsuin temple in ...