It was hard not to be moved by the stream of pilgrims and visitors leaving offerings and prayers for a man who Nobu described ...

Koyasan is the centre of Shingon Buddhism in Japan and the place where Buddhist monk Kobo Daishi established a monastery deep in the mountains 12 centuries ago. Just metres from where I’ve tried to ...

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and hoped to turn it into a Buddhist temple. City officials and a judge agreed that the building was beyond repair. (Richard Tsong-Taatariii/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...

Upon returning to Japan, Kukai introduced Hindu deities and tantric Buddhism. Initially a minor figure in Shingon Buddhism, Kangiten grew in significance by the Heian Period, eventually becoming an ...

[Photo provided to China Daily] With their heads removed and bodies broken into pieces to be sold around the world, Buddhist statues taken from sacred grottoes in North China are being made whole ...

Home to the Shingon Buddhist community, it boasts over 100 temples and monasteries where you can immerse yourself in the lifestyle and philosophy of the monks who live there. Many people chose to ...