Visit the iconic Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, known for its top two floors completely covered in gold leaf and surrounded by beautiful gardens
Visit the White Temple, a unique contemporary Buddhist temple in Thailand known for its intricate white architecture and symbolic art
Visit Okunoin, the largest cemetery in Japan located at Mount Koya, with over 200,000 tombstones and the mausoleum of Kobo Daishi
One of the world’s largest stupas, ringed by prayer wheels and monasteries.
Eighth-century Buddhist temple of stone pagodas and painted halls, paired with the Seokguram grotto Buddha above it.
Rock-cut cave temples in Maharashtra, crowned by the monolithic Kailasa temple.
Buddhist temple where three million people come at New Year to ward off bad luck — and where the incense-smoke ritual is part of the visit.
Mongolia’s oldest Buddhist monastery, walled by 108 stupas on the site of Genghis Khan’s capital, Karakorum.
The gold-covered national stupa of Laos, said to hold a relic of the Buddha, with a November lantern festival.
Cliffside Paro Taktsang monastery hike.
Night climb of 5,500 steps to a sacred footprint shared by four religions, timed for sunrise and the peak’s shadow.
Sri Lanka's holiest Buddhist temple.
Angkor Thom’s central temple, where 200 giant serene stone faces stare from 54 towers.
Golden monastery perched on a volcanic plug, guarded by monkeys and nat spirits.
Gilded boulder balanced on a cliff edge, crowned by a small stupa.
Read the Tripitaka (Pali Canon), the foundational scriptures of Theravada Buddhism
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