Buddhistdoor View: Fiction and Buddhism
Buddhistdoor Global
29 August 2014
Why should a Buddhist invest emotionally in any fictional character? We are attached enough to our own and others’ identities as it is. Yet a
Stitching as Meditation in the Pieced-Silk Thangkas of Leslie Rinchen-Wongmo
Meher McArthur
22 August 2014
Just over 20 years ago, Leslie Freilich left southern California to work in Dharamsala, India, as an economic development volunteer for Tibetan refugees. She was
Wendy Yeo on Art and Religion: “The world is full of movement and cycles”
Raymond Lam
8 August 2014
Do religious ideas inspire art, or does the yearning to express art kindle faith? Wendy Yeo R.W.S.W. (Royal Watercolour Society of Wales) has enjoyed a
Pin drop silence: a 21st-century Avalokiteshvara at the Met
Tinley Fynn
23 July 2014
The concept of a modern or contemporary Tibetan art is a relatively fresh phenomenon arising out of the second half of the 20th century. The
The Han Li: Zen Art for the Heart
Raymond Lam
15 July 2014
“I named the shop after my father, in a manner of speaking,” reflects Cynthia Hui. The founder and current Marketing Manager of Han Li (?~?)
Lee Mei-yin holds the keys to a renaissance in appreciating Dunhuang and Buddhist art
Raymond Lam
5 July 2014
Few of us undergo a truly religious experience. Many who do, pass a new milestone in their lives and emerge with a transformed vision of
Consul General Prashant Agrawal is bringing a Buddhist dimension to Sino-Indian relations
Raymond Lam
1 June 2014
(First published on May 23) A gentleman of culture is ideally one well travelled. But a government official who facilitates friendship between two countries has
A Thousand Buddhas on My Body: A Miao Girl’s Festival Attire
Raymond Lam
15 April 2014
Every now and then, one encounters an item of human culture that is so striking and poignant that one sincerely believes there is nothing else
Tam Po Shek Interview: Spiritual Living through Photography, Music, and Art
Raymond Lam
19 February 2014
Looking as serene in person as he does on stage, Tam Po Shek welcomed us to his Chinese interior-style apartment garbed in an exquisite tangzhuang (唐裝). The traditional
Revelation: The Unveiling of the Perfection of Wisdom and Pure Lands
Raymond Lam
8 October 2013
“When a revelation is communicated by a supernatural entity that is reported as present during the communication, it is called a vision.” – Michael Freze, Voices, Visions, and
Thusness and Image: The Art of Buddhist Photography
Dennis Cordell
12 September 2013
Like many photographers, I was trained as a painter. I also did pottery and continue to study schools of Asian philosophy. I do not consider
Buddha-Nature: Chinese Themes of Nature and Enlightenment
Ven. Dao Ran
2 September 2013
Mountains are ever-present, natural temples. Images of nature have always been associated with Chinese Buddhism throughout history. For example, having been blocked by the storm,