The Buddha, exhibited at the Drents Museum in The ... followed by a 1,000-day diet of roots, pine bark and a special tea made from the sap of the Chinese lacquer tree -- a toxic substance usually ...

Phap Vuong Monastery, a Buddhist temple nestled among pine trees in northern Escondido, is hosting the world's largest hand-carved gem-quality jade Buddha for the next two weeks. To mark the ...

During a 10-day women’s running retreat in the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan, author and marathoner Sarah Gearhart learns that ...

At 71 m high, it is the largest Buddha in the world. Mount Emei is also notable for its exceptionally diverse vegetation, ranging from subtropical to subalpine pine forests. Some of the trees there ...