(RNS) — On May 6, just days before Buddhists around the world celebrate the holiday of Vesak, Sotheby’s Hong Kong will put relics of the Buddha — what Sotheby’s calls the “Piprahwa Gems of the ...

ROSEMEAD, Calif. (AP) — Katherine Nguyen stood with hands folded and head bowed at the altar of a Buddhist temple in Southern California. Before her were tooth and finger bone relics believed to ...

The ancient Indian gemstones linked to Buddha that were pulled out from a Sotheby’s sale earlier this year have found their way home after 127 years. India’s Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ...

A Buddhist statue seated in the lotus position, standing 1.2 meters tall—about the height of a first-grade elementary school ...

BANGKOK (AP) — More than 2,000 people took part Wednesday in a procession to escort a relic of the Buddha lent by China to a shrine in the Thai capital Bangkok to honor the birthday of King Maha ...

Buddhist monks in Sri Lanka have urged the British government to help protect some ancient Buddhist relics that descendants of a colonial-era explorer have set for auction. The relics — bone and ash ...

An interesting distraction away from the hustle and bustle of Chinatown is the Buddha’s Tooth Relic Museum. The five-story building, with an outdoor garden on the roof is eye-catching with its ...

ROSEMEAD, Calif. (AP) — Katherine Nguyen stood with hands folded and head bowed at the altar of a Buddhist temple in Southern California. Five must-ride mountain biking destinations in Colorado Here’s ...