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Part Five: Rethinking

One of the mysteries of Buddhist history is the 400-year absence of an anthropomorphic image of the Buddha.  Early scholars argued for a period of

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Part Four: New Ideas

Beginning in the mid-1980’s, American scholars John and Susan Huntington turned Buddhist art history on its head with claims that the first Buddha images were

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Part One: The Missing Buddha

Who doesn’t recognize the Buddha?  His image appears these days on watches, tennis shoes, t-shirts – nearly any kind of manufactured product you might think

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