Butsuzo in the 21st Century: Promoting the 1,400-year-old Japanese Tradition of Buddhist Sculpture on Social Media
Nina Müller
5 November 2019
Ancient practices find new life through modern…
Wholehearted: Slow Down, Help Out, Wake Up – Living a Life of Vulnerability and Compassion with Zen Buddhist Teacher Koshin Paley Ellison
Nina Müller
9 September 2019
Diving deeply into one’s suffering and pivoting to the…
Carving the Divine: The Vocation of Japanese Buddhist Woodcarving
Raymond Lam
14 August 2019
Presenting one of Japan’s unique spiritual arts to the…
One Hundred Shades of Grey: The Abstract Ink Paintings of Keiko Arai
Meher McArthur
13 August 2019
Creating Japanese Zen Buddhist art that lives and…
Buddhist Sensibilities in the Printmaking of Ayomi Yoshida
Meher McArthur
15 November 2018
A contemporary approach to Japanese woodblock…
World’s Largest Buddhist Sutra Calligraphy Moves Visitors
Anne Wisman
9 October 2018
Work created by Shōko Kanazawa, a 33-year-old…
Mindfulness Practice in Japanese Stroll Gardens
Meher McArthur
17 April 2018
Exquisite Buddhist expressions in natural beauty
Hiroshima’s Hibaku Jizo
Meher McArthur
7 August 2015
In Japanese temples or along the sides of roads, small stone statues of the Buddhist deity Jizo are a common sight. According to Japanese Buddhist
Monkeys, Catfish, and Demons in Priest’s Clothing: The Buddhist Roots and Themes of Japanese “Otsu-e” Folk Painting
Meher McArthur
10 July 2015
In Japan during the Edo period (1600–1868), many people traveled on foot between the military capital, Edo (modern Tokyo), and the ancient imperial capital, Kyoto.
Creating Space
Heather Sanche
10 July 2015
As my husband Jason and I prepared to welcome Adelaide into our lives nearly ten months ago, I thought about the kind of home we
Contemplating the Kalpa in the Art of Hirokazu Kosaka
Meher McArthur
14 November 2014
In Hindu and Buddhist cosmology, a kalpa is a very long period of time, a concept akin to the aeon. The term was first used
Kintsugi: Fix a Broken Heart with Gold!
Shveitta Sethi Sharma
25 November 2013
I recently read that kintsugi is a Japanese art form where broken pottery is fixed with a lacquer resin sprinkled with powdered gold. Once the broken pottery is fixed with gold, it actually looks