Introduction: Art museums -- Attraction and aversion to Buddhist icons -- The Buddhist image as sacred story -- The expressive detail: Buddhist symbolism and iconography -- Fully enlightened Buddhas - ...

Why have Buddhists been so much tempted to make and worship images? What did they, or do we, see in Buddha images? What are the images meant to tell us in their visual forms? Since its inception ...

Few periods in Japanese history are more fascinating than the seventh century. This was the period when Buddhism experienced its initial flowering in the country and the time when Asukadera, Kudara ...

For the Xiang-Dong Buddhist Art Museum, Jiakun Architects crafted a new home for an important collection of Buddhist icons inside the envelope of an old factory. In doing so, the firm juxtaposed the ...

Chinese authorities have demolished a statue of a Buddhist master at Tibet’s oldest monastery, an activist group said Friday, the latest act in what critics say is an effort by Beijing to dilute Tibet ...

KORA, Japan - Visitors may feel as if they are looking at a 3-D mandala upon entering Saimyoji temple in Kora, Shiga Prefecture. The first story of a three-story pagoda at the temple depicts the world ...

FITCHBURG — Silently, the monk in the bright orange robe sits lotus-style, taking in deep breaths, one after another. Surrounded by golden Buddha statues, flowers and fruit offerings, the 64-year-old ...

These images of characters like Superman and Ultraman are literally religious experiences. The Wat Rong Khun Buddhist temple in Chiang Rai, Thailand, is quite possibly one of the strangest and ...

This article revisits the theologically problematic nature of representations of the Buddha (statues and pictures) that serve as focal points for meditation, devotional respect (bhaktiya) and worship ...

Ancient sculptures, including remnants of Shaiva and Buddhist deities, have been discovered along the Baitarani River in Odisha’s Bhadrak district, news agency PTI reported on Friday citing ...