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Early Explorers and Their Encounter with Buddhism, Part Three: Dance Insight

Joseph Houseal 9 August 2025

The early explorers treated in this three-part article represent a wide range of expertise, from painting to linguistics, dance to cartography. The 15 explorers evoked

Messengers of Mind, Cultural Explorers and the Encounter with Buddhism, Part One: A Gallery of Explorers

Joseph Houseal 14 June 2025

Joseph Houseal explores the adventurer-scholars, mystic-wanderers, and artist-seekers behind the West’s early exposures to Buddhism

Stillness

Joseph Houseal 13 January 2024

Joseph Houseal explores the importance of stillness in the context of ritual and ceremonial dance

Tyra Kleen: Mudra

Joseph Houseal 8 February 2020

Cross-cultural encounters with ritual dance

A typical Lombok Buddhist temple. Note the Balinese-style split gates and Antaboga flanking the temple entrance. Note also the Borobudur stupa reproductions atop the split gates and the speakers on the left of the temple. Image courtesy of Dr. Metta Agustina

Rediscovering an Ancient Heritage in Indonesia

Johan Nilsson 25 October 2019

Tracing the roots of Indonesian Buddhism

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Early Explorers and Their Encounter with Buddhism, Part Three: Dance Insight

Messengers of Mind, Cultural Explorers and the Encounter with Buddhism, Part One: A Gallery of Explorers

Stillness

Tyra Kleen: Mudra

Rediscovering an Ancient Heritage in Indonesia