Monk standing in front of the great seated figure of the Buddha, Mihintale, Sri Lanka, Asia

The Great seated Buddha at Mihintale, Sri Lanka, Asia

The Great seated Buddha at Mihintale, Sri Lanka, Asia

The Great seated Buddha at Mihintale, Sri Lanka, Asia

Daibusu (the Great Buddha), Kamakura, Tokyo, Japan

Great seated figure of the Buddha, Mihintale, Sri Lanka, Asia

Great seated figure of the Buddha, Mihintale, Sri Lanka, Asia

Daibutsu, the Great Buddha statue, Kamakura, Tokyo, Japan, Asia

Great seated Buddha and dagoba at Mihintale, the site where Buddhism was introduced to the island in the 3rd century BC, Sri Lanka, Asia

A row of seated Buddhas at the Big Buddha complex (The Great Buddha) in Phuket, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

A row of seated Buddhas at the Big Buddha complex (The Great Buddha) in Phuket, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Great seated Buddha statue and dagoba (stupa) at Mihintale, where Buddhism first arrived in Sri Lanka, Mihintale, Sri Lanka, Asia

The seated statue of the Great Buddha of Kamakura in the Katoku-in temple in Japan, Asia

Buddhism, seated Buddha figure in the pagoda of Htilominlo Temple from the 13th Century, one of the last great temples built before the fall of the Bagan Dynasty, Old Bagan, Pagan, Burma, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, Asia

Buddhism, gilded seated Buddha figure in the pagoda of Htilominlo Temple from the 13th Century, one of the last great temples built before the fall of the Bagan Dynasty, Old Bagan, Pagan, Burma, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, Asia