Buddhism

A serene mountaintop temple complex featuring one big, bronze Buddha.

A bulky, ancient stupa marks the site of Siddhartha Gautama's seminal Buddhist teaching.

On the grounds of a former estate in Burgundy stands an elaborate temple that is modeled after the first Tibetan Buddhist monastery.

One of only a handful of seaside temples in Korea, this sacred space is home to a legendary healing Buddha statue and a traffic safety prayer pagoda.

Though it was originally dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva, Baphuon was converted to a Buddhist temple in the 15th century, complete with a massive hidden statue.

Known as the birthplace of Korean Buddhism, this temple features an ancient, five-story stone pagoda.

The only wooden pagoda remaining in South Korea is part of a Buddhist temple that was established in the year 553.

One of the oldest and largest Buddhist structures in the Americas, located in a peaceful forest outside Mexico City.

In 806, Kobo Daishi began meditating on Mount Misen. The Buddhist monk lit this holy fire, which has been kept burning for 1,200 years.

An amalgam of precariously balanced boulders, ancient petroglyphs, and Buddhist shrines.

An eatery within a Bay Area Buddhist temple pulls off all your favorite Vietnamese classics without the meat.

Limestone outcrop decorated with a large laser engraving of the Buddha.

One of the biggest Buddhist stupas in Europe, hidden from most locals.

A Buddhist temple covered in intricate designs and carvings made out of seashells and pieces of coral.

The foundation of this ancient stupa dates back to the 1st-century.

The name of the only golden Buddhist temple in Korea translates as "the temple that protects the country."

An unusual pagoda design in in the northwestern part of Hwaeomsa Temple.