SEOUL, Mar. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The Jogye Order, South Korea’s largest Buddhist sect, is expected to reclaim next month the remains of Buddhist monks from the country’s 14th-century Goryeo Dynasty after their stay for 85 years in the United States. The “sarira” relics, believed to have been taken illegally out of South Korea, are [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — A rare and culturally significant “sarira,” the remains of a Buddhist monk from Korea’s 14th-century Goryeo Dynasty (918-1392), will return home after more than eight decades in the United States. South Korea’s Cultural Heritage Administration said Tuesday that the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, one of the three biggest [...]
GYEONGJU, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Sacred sarira relics were placed back in an ancient Buddhist pagoda at the Bulguk Temple in Gyeongju on Wednesday as ongoing repairs are near completion. Sariras are crystals that are sometimes found among the cremated remains of Buddhist monks. They were put in a hole inside the main structure [...]