Wisdom is Light: An Interview with Venerable Master Miaojiang
My previous article focused on the Great Sage Monastery of Bamboo Grove on Mount Wutai and its abbot, Venerable Master Miaojiang,...
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Guoying Stacy Zhang
Jun 29, 2017
Rebuilding a Buddhist Monastery in Contemporary China: Venerable Master Miaojiang and the Great Sage
Throughout the history of Chinese Buddhism, monasteries have played an instrumental role in spreading Buddhist Dharma. A monastery not...
Guoying Stacy Zhang
Jun 25, 2017
Humanistic Buddhism in Australia and Beyond: An Interview with Venerable Dr. Juewei
As an active member of the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist order, Venerable Dr. Juewei (覺瑋) is a lecturer of Applied Buddhist Studies and the...
Guoying Stacy Zhang
Apr 27, 2017
Buddhist Art on Paper: The Unique Painting and Calligraphy Collection of Fan Keqin
When we talk about Buddhist art, one tends to think of sculptures in stone or bronze, or monumental caves and wall paintings. However,...
Guoying Stacy Zhang
Mar 30, 2017
Buddhism and Abundance: Monastery of Tranquillity and Peace (Jing’an Monastery) in Shanghai
The city of Shanghai sparks alluring images: the glamour of the Paris of the Orient, the mesmerising breeze along the Bund, the Art Deco...
Guoying Stacy Zhang
Feb 24, 2017
Life in America as a Chinese Buddhist Monastic: An Interview with Venerable Guan Zhen
In ancient Chinese literature, “the West” refers to India—the birthplace of Buddhism. Nowadays, as in most cultures across the globe, the...
Guoying Stacy Zhang
Jan 27, 2017
The Making of Buddhist Wood Sculptures in China
According to the Ekottara Agama Sutra (增一阿含經), the first Buddha image was made of wood. It is said that when the Buddha was teaching his...
Guoying Stacy Zhang
Dec 23, 2016
Buddhism in Contemporary China Through a Photographer’s Eye
According to the Washington, DC-based Pew Research Center, 18.2 per cent of China’s population—that is 224 million people—are Buddhists,...
Guoying Stacy Zhang
Nov 25, 2016
An Illuminating Exhibition on the Transmission of Buddhist Art at the Palace Museum in Beijing
The transmission of Buddhist art from India to China is a fascinating topic. Indeed, how did pious and profound art, along with a complex...
Guoying Stacy Zhang
Oct 13, 2016
The Hanging Sculptures of the Little Western Paradise
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...
Guoying Stacy Zhang
Feb 26, 2016
From kinnara to kalavinka: on the autonomy of image in Buddhist transmission from India to China
What's in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet. --- Shakespeare Abstract In the study of Buddhist...
Guoying Stacy Zhang
May 12, 2015
The Politics of Displaying Dunhuang
"Stacy Guoying Zhang writes about the Dunhuang artefacts that were stacked for centuries in a sealed library, undisplayed –transferred...
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