Renovation of Tibet’s Iconic Potala Palace Completed
Craig C Lewis
12 November 2018
Golden roof and other structures restored at a…
Mandalas with a Mission: The Touring Monks of the Ngari Institute in Ladakh
Meher McArthur
16 October 2018
Sharing compassion and the Buddhadharma
1,001 Bodhisattva Statues Restored at Kyoto Temple in 45-Year Preservation Project
Craig C Lewis
4 October 2018
Statues gathered under one roof for the first time…
The Universe in a Dot of Paint: The Buddhist Imagery of Sherab Khandro
Meher McArthur
19 September 2018
Pointillist expressions of a spiritual practice
What are these Statues for?
Anam Thubten Rinpoche
7 March 2018
The role of iconography in cultivating Buddha-nature
The Big Uncertainty
Anam Thubten Rinpoche
3 January 2018
Uncertainty, impermanence, and the awakened heart
Tibetan Book of the Dead, Part Three: One Last Dance
Joseph Houseal
2 June 2017
Sometimes, dance is what philosophy looks like. Only rarely in my long years of dance research has a painted image been so arresting with its
Strings of Enlightenment: The Beauty of Buddhist Prayer Beads
Meher McArthur
17 February 2017
Prayer beads are an important part of Buddhist practice and ritual throughout Asia and beyond. Although they are generally regarded primarily as tools to aid
The Many Forms of Avalokiteshvara
Meher McArthur
25 November 2016
To many practitioners of the Mahayana schools of Buddhism of East Asia and the esoteric traditions of the Himalayas and Japan, bodhisattvas, or “enlightenment beings,”
The Active Principle of Amitabha’s Deliverance in Pure Land Buddhism
Alan Kwan
10 June 2016
Is Amitabha truly existent? We know about Amitabha Buddha from the three Pure Land sutras spoken by the historical Buddha, Shakyamuni. However, just as Shakyamuni
Another Characteristic of Faith in Buddhism: Inheritance
Alan Kwan
27 May 2016
The root of virtue can be inherited life after life In Buddhism, faith is the first of the Five Roots of Virtue—faith, zeal, mindfulness (invocation),
Spirituality as the Transformation of Daily Life: Living Buddhism in 21st Century Japan
Gereon Kopf
20 May 2016
A 2008 article in The New York Times asked the provocative question whether Buddhism in Japan “may be dying out” (Onishi 2008). Unlike other, frequent claims that