Korea Cancels Annual Buddhist Lantern Festival for a Second Year amid Pandemic Caution
Craig C Lewis
12 April 2021
Small scale events and online ceremonies to go ahead after…
UNESCO Lists Korea’s Buddhist Lantern Festival as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Craig C Lewis
4 January 2021
Yeondeunghoe festival of light celebrates the birth of the…
Sacred Offerings of Compassion and Relief: Ven. Bhikkhu Sanghasena, the Silent Reformer
Craig C Lewis
26 August 2020
A light of hope from engaged Buddhism
Rare 19th Century Buddhist Painting Returns to Korea from the UK
Craig C Lewis
29 July 2020
Painting to be restored to original home at Songgwang…
Dance and Museums, Celebrating Core of Culture at 20
Joseph Houseal
16 May 2020
Tracing Intangible world heritage and ancient dance…
Rotating Buddhist Sutra Case Promoted as National Treasure in South Korea
Dipen Barua
4 October 2019
A unique spinning library in South Korea gains historic…
An Interview with Renuka Gurung, Scholar of Paubhā, Part One
Tsering Namgyal
2 July 2019
Experiencing Newari painting of Nepal in a new light
Korea Extends Support for Pakistan’s Efforts to Preserve Buddhist Heritage
Craig C Lewis
27 February 2019
Ambassador to Pakistan donates US$50,000 in…
Preserving Bhutan’s Cultural Heritage: An Interview with Princess Ashi Kesang Choden T. Wangchuck
Buddhistdoor Global
20 May 2016
A member of the Bhutanese Royal Family, Princess Ashi Kesang Choden T. Wangchuck is executive director of Bhutan’s Thangka Conservation Center and a scholar of
Heritage Cannot Wait: The Matho Museum Project
Nathalie Paarlberg
28 August 2015
At 7 p.m., Lotos the 11-year-old mini-monk dashes up the stairs, his red robes billowing out behind him. He makes his way onto the monastery
Tocharian Lives and Loves: Haunting Mummies and their Buddhist Descendants
Raymond Lam
17 October 2014
Amidst the harshness and death of the desert, a remarkably well-preserved cadaver (1800–500 BCE) was found in 2006 at the Xiaohe necropolis near Lop Nur,