A pure jade Buddha statue sat eminently on its alabaster altar in the garden of a Vietnamese Buddhist temple in north Aurora — the latest stop on the sacred statue’s ongoing, five-year world tour.

Thich said he applied to The Jade Buddha for Universal Peace project, based in Australia, to host the Jade Buddha in Abington. “It means to me a symbol of peace,” he said.

ABINGTON (CBS) – It has traveled all over the world, but for the next four weeks a giant Buddha statue will call Abington home. The four-ton Jade Buddha for Universal Peace on busy Chestnut ...

A search of the Guinness Book website showed no entries for the world’s largest jade Buddha. But according to Vietnamese media reports, the world’s biggest existing jade Buddha weighs 4 tons ...

The Jade Buddha for Universal Peace is on display at the Tinh Xa Ngoc Nhien temple in Garland. An immense Buddha statue made from exquisite jade can be seen in Garland through this weekend as it ...

It’s called the Jade Buddha for Universal Peace. And Co Lam Pagoda, a Vietnamese Buddhist temple near the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Way South and South Graham Street, is its latest ...

One of the flamboyant entrepreneurs making it big in booming Vietnam unveiled a massive precious stone on Monday that he plans to transform into the world's largest jade Buddha. Dao Trong Cuong ...

MIAMI, April 9 (UPI) -- A 4 1/2-ton, seven-foot-high jade statue of the Buddha, on a peace-promoting tour from Thailand, will be in South Florida, authorities say. Known as the Jade Buddha for ...

A jade Buddha was stolen from Tap Lighting in Hillcrest on Valentine's Day, and the owner says the thief can expect lifetime of bad Karma if it's not returned. NBCUniversal, Inc. A $300 reward is ...

More than 300 people welcomed the Jade Buddha for Universal Peace — a 4-ton, 8-foot statue of Buddha on an alabaster throne — to the Linh Quang Buddhist Center southwest of Lincoln on Saturday.

THE world’s biggest jade Buddha will come home to Bendigo after a global tour that starts in Vietnam on Monday.The Great Stupa of Universal Compassion purchased the world’s biggest boulder of ...