The next buddha will be Maitreya, or Miroku in Japanese. According to one 13th-century Chinese text, a friend noticed that Hotei had an eye on his back and recognized this as a sign of buddhahood.

On Monday they carried rope and buckets of water up ladders to the very top of the Buddha, which is three times as tall as the Statue of Liberty without its plinth. They then descended through the ...

A temple in South Korea says it will return a Buddhist statue stolen from a Japanese temple after holding a memorial service ...

In Japan, Hotei is also known as Hotei oshō, or “monk Hotei,” which refers to his origin as a 10th-century Chinese monk. Hotei belongs to the Zen school of Buddhism, which celebrates simplicity and ...

In October 2023, the South Korean Supreme Court affirmed that the statue was owned by a Japanese temple in Nagasaki ...

Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath highlights PM Modi's efforts in promoting global peace through Lord Buddha's teachings ...