Long lines of multi-coloured prayer flags dangle from Buddhist stupas, they are strung up on Himalayan summits by mountaineers, and they flutter noisily at pilgrimage sites. At Kathmandu’s Boudha ...

With its eyes closed in eternal prayer, a 1.7-meter-tall statue of a Buddha was unearthed by the Korean Archaeology Institute of the Academy of Social Sciences and the National Authority for the ...

Buddhism in the West is tokenised and not treated as religion. Tibetan prayer flags are flown without any understanding of their religious meaning, while Buddha statues are cute totems for middle ...