The Big Buddha, also known as Tian Tan Buddha, is famed as the most iconic attraction of Lantau. Sitting next to the Po Lin Monastery, it is only a 10-minute walk away from Ngong Ping Village. The majestic outdoor bronze Buddha statue sits solemnly atop the peak of Mount Muk Yue...

Fukakusa area in Kyoto has ties to Buddhism. Specifically, Kosho-ji Temple, a Soto Zen Buddhist temple, was founded in Fukakusa during the Kamakura Period. It was later reconstructed in 1648. Additionally, Fushimi Inari Taisha, a prominent Shinto shrine, is located in the Fushimi area, ...

Located in Kyoto's eastern mountain range on Mount Hieizan (比叡山), Enryakuji (延暦寺) is one of the most important monasteries in Japanese history and the headquarters of the Tendai sect of Japanese Buddhism. Many influential monks studied at Enryakuji, ...

Todaiji (東大寺, Tōdaiji, "Great Eastern Temple") is one of Japan's most famous and historically significant temples and a landmark of Nara. The temple was constructed in 752 as the head temple of all provincial Buddhist temples of Japan and grew so powerful ...

Taktsang Monastery, famously known as Tiger’s Nest in Bhutan or Paro Taktsang , is located in Paro district. The monastery is one of the most venerated places of pilgrimage in the Himalayan. Taktsang clings to the rock towering 800m ...

Angkor Wat, located in Cambodia, is a temple complex and one of the largest religious monuments in the world. Originally built as a Hindu temple dedicated to the god Vishnu in the 12th century, it later transformed into a Buddhist site...

I decided to continue last year's pilgrimage series and now I set out to visit Borobudur on the island of Java in Indonesia. In the summer of 2024, I spent a month in Tibet and did 7 aras, walking 400 km around the most sacred mountain of 4 religions, Kailash, at an altitude of between 4,700 and 5,700 m above sea level...

I would like to state first that I am not religious. And for the second time, that Buddhism is not a religion, at least not for me. Buddhism is nothing but a Path, the Path of my spiritual development, I am only a student on it, a tiny speck of dust, I try to learn as much as possible, ...

Shravasti is where Buddha spent most of his life after his enlightenment. He became enlightened in Bodh Gaya at the age of 35 and died at about 84 in Kushinagar. There are several old memorial sites in Shravasti that are connected to the life of Buddha, but the park that was once his own property...

Sunkissa where Buddha returned to earth to finish his teachings. Here you can find the "stairway to Heaven". Unfortunately, it is a very neglected place far from everything, but the infinite calm, peace and yet strong energies that hit us there are indescribable. Rinpoche said: ...