(CTN News) – In an astonishing revelation, a Buddha statue believed to be over a century old was found concealed within a mango tree at the...
For the first time, 81 Buddhas sculpted over a 1,300-year period are on display at the Bangkok National Museum in a magnificent show that combines beauty...
(CTN News) – A remarkable discovery awaits art enthusiasts as a rare Chinese Buddha statue, part of a set thought to have been lost, is set...
(CTN News) – Nine wooden Buddha Statues that had spent 112 years in Australia have now been sent back to Thailand. Murray Upton, an Australian living...
(CTN News) – According to the president of Sokha Hotel, Sok Kong, his business intends to erect a massive 100-meter statue of the Buddha Statue atop...
Thailand’s Ministry of Culture recently announced that the United States recently recovered an ancient Lanna gold crown with the help of the Department of Homeland Security....
It has been suggested that the founder of Buddhism used to enjoy wealth, power, status, and all kinds of otherworldly pleasures, including sex, before enlightenment. All...
The Royal Wat Paknam Phasi Charoen temple in Bangkok has reported that a 69-metre-tall (230 ft) Buddha statue is almost complete. The massive Buddha statue that...
“I just wanted to show Buddha as a hero like Ultraman, who can resist the temptations surrounding him and also protect human beings from evil to...
. . PHAN -Â National Artist Chalermchai Kositpipat of Wat Rong Khun has vowed to finish the construction of a Buddha image that was meant to...
BANGKOK– Thai Buddhism, much like Thai democracy, is in a state of upheaval. “There is more open crisis in the Sangha than has been seen...
YANGON – Philip Blackwood a New Zealand bar manager and his business associates were sentenced Tuesday by a Myanmar court to two years and six...
. NAKHON PATHOM – Phra Buddha Issara is a monk on a mission. From his Buddhist temple near Bangkok he is calling for a radical overhaul...
A police spokesman said she was arrested for “hurting others’ religious feelings” after the tattoo of a Buddha seated on a lotus flower was spotted on...
BANGKOK – A sapling of the original Holy Bodhi Tree from Bodhgaya will be presented to the King of Thailand during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s...
KUALA LUMPUR – The world’s largest jade Buddha statue made its debut on Malaysian shores Friday, attracting a crowd of over 300 VIPs and members...
COLOMBO -Sri Lankan authorities have denied a British tourist entry because of his ‘disrespect’ for Buddhism on arrival at the airport. An immigration official at...
Chiangrai Times – In the tiny Northern Thai village of Ban Dan, legend has it that hundreds of years ago, when the Siamese kingdom of...
Chiangrai Times – A series of child-friendly Walt Disney movies features a big dog named “Buddha,” who avoids meat and stress, enjoys yoga and meditation,...
CHIANGRAI TIMES– An 87-year-old epic silent film by Indian actor Himanshu Rai on Lord Buddha which was banned in Thailand has been screened for the...