Rebecca Wong explores Peter van Ham’s photography of ancient monasteries at Tabo, Charang, Alchi, and Nako in Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh
Women have played an essential role in the growth and development of Buddhism but have rarely been celebrated in art. “Unsullied, Like a Lotus in Mud,” seeks to help rectify that exclusion.
Buddhists flock to honor manifestation of Yangchenma
At the confluence of the traditional and the…
Exquisite and potent representations of female…
The Jivaka Project freely available on open-access…
Celestial beings represented in Japanese…
Guardians of the four cardinal directions
The two benevolent kings protecting the temple gates
Eliminating anger by cultivating loving-kindness
Introducing the dancing wrathful dakinis of the bardo…
The first metaphysical thing I learned about Buddhist Cham dance was that the same monstrous deities appearing in the annual Cham performance will appear again
