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
In 2006, Taiwanese-American artist Echo Lew (b.1951) was visiting Shanghai from his home near Los Angeles. One night, he found himself standing on a street
By the early 20th century, Chan Buddhism had declined and diminished in China. As the Dharma heir of both the Caodong and Lingji lineages, Master
In this article, I would like to reflect on how to read Japanese Buddhist texts. To explain my strategies for approaching texts distant in time,
The small van drove through the archway of the monastery where I had been ordained and spent four years of my life as a monk.
Reports and photographs indicate that state authorities have begun evicting residents and dismantling buildings at the famed Larung Gar Buddhist Academy.
There are many exciting aspects to Chinese president Xi Jinping’s ambitious development framework known as “One Belt, One Road” (OBOR).* A Eurasian economic resurgence could
The authorities in Sichuan Province are reportedly planning a major reduction of the burgeoning monastic population at Larung Gar Buddhist Academy.
Preceding the 2560th Buddha Jayanti celebration held on 21 May in Lumbini, Nepal, which was attended by more than 1,200 delegates from Nepal and overseas,
The Longmen Grottoes, whose name translates into English as “Dragon’s Gate Grottoes,” are located along a one-kilometer stretch of cliffs on either side of the
The story of early Chinese Buddhism is often considered as beginning with the arrival of the monk Kumarajiva (334–413), whose translation of Buddhist scriptures from
Last spring, Victoria traveled overland from Chengdu to Larung Gar Buddhist Institutue in the traditional Tibetan region of Kham. Part One* of her account describes
