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The Hanging Sculptures of the Little Western Paradise

Guoying Stacy Zhang 14 October 2016

Qianfo’an (千佛庵), the Temple of One Thousand Buddhas, better known as Xiaoxitian (小西天) or the Little Western Paradise, is located in present-day Xi County, Linfen

Curating the Shwedagon Pagoda Museum in Myanmar

Heidi Tan 29 July 2016

The pagodas of Myanmar are tangible, physical expressions of the vast accumulations of merit (Burmese: kutho, also known as hpon) by the Buddhist communities that support

Sacred Stupas and Precious Pagodas: The Many Roles of Reliquaries in the Buddhist Landscape

Meher McArthur 22 January 2016

One of the most fascinating examples of Buddhist architecture is the stupa, a structure that evolved from a simple burial mound into the large-scale domed

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The Hanging Sculptures of the Little Western Paradise

Curating the Shwedagon Pagoda Museum in Myanmar

Sacred Stupas and Precious Pagodas: The Many Roles of Reliquaries in the Buddhist Landscape