Court Orders Stolen Buddhist Statue in South Korea to be Returned to Japan
The statue was likely made in South Korea in 1330 but has spent most of its life enshrined in a temple in Japan
The statue was likely made in South Korea in 1330 but has spent most of its life enshrined in a temple in Japan
The Centre of Buddhist Studies (CBS) at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) has announced an upcoming Buddhist studies forum running from 10–11 August.
Russian academic Alexey Maslov examines how Russian Buddhism and the Saint Petersburg school of Buddhist Studies have developed
How a site reputed to have been visited by the Buddha has hosted modern day festivals for Bangladeshi communities every New Year
Looking at how Buddhism has treated nationalism, from ancient empires to modern countries and contemporary movements
Pakistan to begin teaching Buddhism to pupils across the country alongside other religions
Xuanzang is the most famous of China’s Tang-era monk-pilgrims. He has enjoyed an outsize literary impact on the trajectory of Chinese Buddhism and the presentation
A bold take on Chan thought’s “pre-Buddhist” antecedents and influence on formal Chinese Buddhism
Text and context in modern Buddhist scholarship
Buddhist art as a path to transcending ego, connecting..
Conference compliments ongoing exhibition on…
A view of Sri Lanka’s spectacular Buddhist art