Japanese Kannon Bodhisattva Statue Believed to Be Work of Celebrated 12th Century Sculptor Kaikei
Craig C Lewis
27 May 2019
Sculpture features characteristics typical of…
Kyoto Temple Unveils Android Version of Kannon Bodhisattva
Anne Wisman
26 February 2019
Robot designed to explain the Heart Sutra and raise…
1,001 Bodhisattva Statues Restored at Kyoto Temple in 45-Year Preservation Project
Craig C Lewis
4 October 2018
Statues gathered under one roof for the first time…
Japanese Buddhist Priest Transforms Traditional Goshuin Stamps into Works of Art
BD Dipananda
6 July 2018
Collecting goshuin is a long-standing tradition in…
The Many Forms of Avalokiteshvara
Meher McArthur
25 November 2016
To many practitioners of the Mahayana schools of Buddhism of East Asia and the esoteric traditions of the Himalayas and Japan, bodhisattvas, or “enlightenment beings,”
Spirituality as the Transformation of Daily Life: Living Buddhism in 21st Century Japan
Gereon Kopf
20 May 2016
A 2008 article in The New York Times asked the provocative question whether Buddhism in Japan “may be dying out” (Onishi 2008). Unlike other, frequent claims that