Mile Shangsheng Jing dates back to AD 927 and is the second-earliest surviving printed document found in China. [Photo by Jiang Dong/China Daily] Three sacred Buddhist texts are now on display in ...

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Boasting a total of 196 ancient artifacts, an exhibition dedicated to the culture surrounding the Maitreya Buddha, or the Buddha of the future, opened on Wednesday in Ningbo, East China's Zhejiang ...

In Buddhist tradition, Maitreya is honored as the future Buddha who will descend to earth when the Dharma fades, revitalising the teachings and bringing a new era of compassion and moral integrity.

Its official, the Maitreya project has pulled out of Uttar Pradesh. The buddha will not be smiling on Bihar's Bodhgaya. However, the plans for bihar are not as aimbitious as they were for UP. Uttar ...