(RNS) — The 6,000-ton white jade Buddha statue will overlook a sprawling ... The Buddha project’s aims are lofty, especially for a small city, and there are those who question whether such ...

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.

The tours also help raise funds for their plans to build a stupa — a sacred monument — in Bendigo, Australia, where the Jade Buddha will eventually be set. At each stop, they sell small items ...

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 ...

The inspiration for Houston’s Buddha was the seven foot tall jade Buddha at the Wat Dhammamongkol ... is eight and a half feet tall — others small, including a stunning Jay Simeon 22 karat ...

It’s not easy being green. Unless, of course, you’re the world’s largest Buddha carved from gemstone-quality jade, then the world will beat a path to your door. About The Star ...

A giant Buddha carved from a single piece of jade has taken pride of place inside the Great Stupa of Universal Compassion in central Victoria. The stupa — a sacred Buddhist monument — stands ...