Polly Ling-Feng Shang-Kuan (Tse Pei-Pei)Lieh Lo (Ku Ying-Pong)Yi Chang (Lord Wang Chung-Wei)Tan-Feng Fan (Lord Wang's daughter (Guest star))Fang Fang (Nun (Guest star))Li Tung (Burn-scarred man ...

With its origins in India more than 2,500 years ago, Buddhism has profoundly influenced religion and philosophy across Asia.

The carved statues of the 18 arhats in the front hall of the temple are some of the finest in all of the Eight Great Temples. Legend has it that the famous Yuan Dynasty sculptor made them Liu Yuan.

Yangyang Long (Wu Zhou)Gu Shangwei (Wuzheng)Miao Xie (The Enlightened) Li Xi Jie Eighteen Arhats of Shaolin Temple is a wonderful film that has been around the world. The feature film was released ...

Siddharta renounced everything to take up the life of a wandering ascetic. Six years later, he attained enlightenment while ...

A landmark new exhibition in South Korea revisits ancient East Asian Buddhist art from Korea, China and Japan through the ...

Among them is “The Assembly on Vulture Peak,” which renders the Buddha, bodhisattvas, arhats and heavenly spirits in delicate golden strokes against a backdrop of red-purple silk. As creators ...

On the side walls are mural paintings of the 18 arhats, and in the corners images of Ksitigarbha and Maitreya. The entrance to the fifth courtyard is known as the Hall of Eternal Blessings ...

Mahayana Buddhists aim to become Bodhisattvas rather than Arhats. A Bodhisattva is someone who believes that their own enlightenment is not as important as helping others to reach enlightenment.

Tour participants can also get a close look at the statues of Buddha and the Sixteen Arhats inside. Built in the early Muromachi Period, Ryogin-an's hojo quarters is touted as a masterpiece that ...

Among them is The Assembly on Vulture Peak, which renders the Buddha, bodhisattvas, arhats and heavenly spirits in delicate golden strokes against a backdrop of red-purple silk. As creators ...

Among them is “The Assembly on Vulture Peak,” which renders the Buddha, bodhisattvas, arhats and heavenly spirits in delicate ...