Katie Clifton-Wright was looking for a spiritual center for her family when she began meditating at Roanoke's Dharmapala Buddhist Center last summer. The Roanoke mother enjoyed the peace that the ...

I'm at a magical place where people come to make wishes come true. This also is one of the craziest juxtapositions of ancient customs and 21st-century marketing I've ever seen - starting with the ...

The tallest Buddha statue stands 128 metres tall, and when pedestals and bases are added, its entire height comes to 208 metres. In addition, it is the world's second-tallest statue.

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