Regions: Asia

Deconstructing Daruma

The 5th/6th century Buddhist monk Bodhidharma is considered the founder and patriarch of meditational Buddhism, known as dhyana in Sanskrit, Chan in Chinese, and Zen in Japanese. Although he was revered

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Drinking Tea—Meeting the Buddha

Many package tours to Japan include a tea ceremony. Sometimes these short versions of a traditional tea ceremony­­––otemae or cha no yu ––take place in the tea room

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Fifteen Good Years

I first traveled to Ladakh in the western Himalaya 15 years ago, after being invited by a lama I met on the beach in front

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