Art with a Heart
Shuyin
11 March 2016
In the center of the room, a group of artists are hunched over their work stations, each focused on his or her individual task. With
The Mahaparinirvana Ceremony of His Holiness Chatral Sangay Dorje Rinpoche
Lama Sangay Rabten
4 March 2016
O!! Chatral Sangay, the deathless Padmasambhava,you manifested among us in human formfor the sake of ignorant beings like me.I pray to you in a non-dualistic
Beauty and Sadness: Reflections on a Japanese Noh Play
Joseph Houseal
4 March 2016
The Wheel of Life and Death is a central concept and image in Buddhist understanding. Escaping the Wheel of Life and Death is a Buddhist
From Seoul to Somerville: The Founding of a Korean Won Buddhist Temple in Massachusetts
Harsha Menon, MA, MFA
4 March 2016
In a charming three-story house on Hill Street in Somerville, Massachusetts, just outside of Boston, Reverend Youngju Kim is showing a man how to balance
Reflections on Learning to Paint like a Medieval Thangka Painter: Hand-grinding Gems and Minerals into Pigment
Dakini As Art
26 February 2016
On my first day of learning to work with ground mineral paints, I walked to my teacher’s studio through the labyrinth of narrow streets that
Straight Talk: Reforming Buddhist Education in Asia, with Dr. Ananda Kumaraseri
Raymond Lam
26 February 2016
“I’m a one-man army,” laughed the Malaysian gentleman sitting in front of me before the seminar session began. Dato’ Dr. G. K. Ananda Kumaraseri and
Building Bridges in New York: An Interview with Venerable Bhante Hennbunne Kondanna
Heli Rantaniemi-David
19 February 2016
Venerable Bhante Hennbunne Kondanna is the abbot of Staten Island Buddhist Vihara in New York City. He took novice ordination in Sri Lanka in 1968,
The Meditative Mosaics of Lee Kwanwoo
Meher McArthur
19 February 2016
From several yards away, the image is instantly recognizable—the head of the Buddha gazing downwards as if deep in meditation, floating on a background of
Myanmar’s Public Health Care System: Filling the Gaps
Shuyin
12 February 2016
The ambulance pulls up at the gates of Htantabin Monastery in Myanmar’s capital, Naypyidaw, where Sayadaw Kaywala waits patiently. As the door opens, he bends
Monastic Seminaries and the Chinese Dream, Part Two: United Fronts and Common Goals
Raymond Lam
12 February 2016
In this two-part interview with Douglas Gildow, a dissertation fellow of The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhist Studies, we take a
Moghalmari Buddhist Monastery: A Notable Heritage Site in West Bengal
BD Dipananda
12 February 2016
The village of Moghalmari in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal is a site of historical and archaeological significance that reflects the colorful history
Self-Expression of the No-Self
Joseph Houseal
5 February 2016
Meditation is like dancing inasmuch as the experience is entirely individual. The body becomes the laboratory for energetic exercises, and the embodiment of prescribed shapes.