Buddhism

This sensational silver temple is the product of centuries of metalworking.

A mountaintop Buddhist temple with panoramic views of Hiroshima.

The real Buddhist temple where the fictional Kwai Chang Kaine (David Carradine) trained in TV's 'Kung Fu' series.

An early 1900s temple features unique architecture and murals.

An immersive exhibition that meditates on death and life.

These 33 Zen Buddhist temples were built to protect the nearby castle.

A grand Buddhist temple with Indian influences.

Only the stone foundations remain of one of the greatest Buddhist temples in early East Asian history.

A rare north-facing Ksitigarbha statue enshrined in a passageway off Osaka’s busiest area.

These two 90-year-old statues were once part of a Japanese Shinto shrine.

This temple is home to a group of Buddha statues made from thousands of bones and ashes of the deceased.

Take a lick of the legendary homemade miso paste that protected this Buddhist temple’s scrolls from a fire centuries ago.

This site was once the religious, cultural, and trade center of Sri Lanka.

Ancient rock-cut caves adorned with Buddhist inscriptions and sculptures.

This pilgrimage site was built to honor an incarnation of Buddha who sacrificed himself to save a tiger and her two cubs.

Displaying religious art made almost exclusively in modern styles helps set this Buddhist temple apart from the myriad others in Bangkok.

A pair of stupas that archaeologists believe were built to honor the parents of Siddhartha Gautama (aka Lord Buddha).

A sacred place for ascetic training, set in a honeycomb-walled cliffside cave deep in the woods.