(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 ...

MINOA, N.Y. — Teachers, scholars, students and practitioners of eastern religion, and Tibetan Buddhism in particular, converged on Thekchen Choling Syracuse for a special exhibition titled "A Rain of ...

Last time when these relics came to Leh, very few could pay their respects due to the lack of connectivity. Today, after 75 years, people from Ladakh, Kargil and even followers of other religions will ...

Your chance to be in the presence of the biggest Buddha relics collection in the U.S. ends on Sunday. The 10,000 Buddha Relics Collection is on view from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. every day through Sunday, ...

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 ...

(RNS) — For the Buddhists who deposited these relics — as for Buddhists today — the gems, bone and ash all belong to the Buddha and shouldn’t just be sold to the highest bidder. (RNS) — On May 6, just ...