Benevolent Gaze: Buddhist Imprints In Art puts on display a collection of about 50 artworks, comprising paintings, sculpture, ceramics, photography and installations A huge scroll by Madhubani folk ...

Exhibition, Catalogue and Companion PBS Documentary Film by David Grubin Receive $1 Million National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Chairman's Special Award Pilgrimage and Buddhist Art is the ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art has commissioned the minimalist composer Philip Glass to craft a hypnotic 90-minute performance responding to artworks in its long-term exhibition ...

Buddhism is practiced by millions around the globe and holds a rich and diverse history spanning more than 2,500 years. “Encountering the Buddha: Art and Practice across Asia,” opening Oct. 14 at the ...

When it comes to hell, Buddhists are at something of an advantage. While torment may await those who stray from the path of righteousness, it needn’t be eternal. “The wonderful thing about Buddhist ...

HONG KONG — After you marvel at the majestic Tsz Shan Monastery, a respite from the late-June heat is most needed at the Tsz Shan Monastery Buddhist Art Museum. Symbolizing inner contentment, it is ...

A person stands in front of a Buddhist image, hands joined in prayer. It is a private moment, and everyone’s thoughts will turn to a different direction. But what do you do next? Ideally, I would hope ...

The first images of the Buddha only appeared hundreds of years after his death. But since then, art traditions worldwide have been deeply influen­ced and enriched by Buddhist teachings and principles.

New York-based collector Alice S. Kandell can’t exactly pinpoint what drew her to Tibetan art, but she suspects it might have been the immersive experience she had in the 1960s, when she traveled to ...

For decades, a mesmerising shrine of Tibetan Buddhist artefacts has been tucked away in a private home on New York’s Upper East Side. This month, the contents of the shrine, more than 200 artefacts in ...

Practising Buddhist Nik Simpson writes about her faith and how she hopes meditation will help with the birth of her first child. Find out whether Buddhism helped her cope with the labour. Kadampa ...