Let’s face it—NFTs have a mixed reputation. As a technology, they represent a groundbreaking innovation with both promise and...

When the renowned Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh made his first visit to China in 1999, he brought with him a newly published Chinese...

Four years ago, I had an opportunity to interview the revered Chan Buddhist monastic Venerable Guan Zhen while he was pursing his...

The Thousand-Buddha motif is a recurrent theme in the Buddhist art of Central Asia and China. The motif depicts a multitude of buddhas...

At the Tsz Shan Monastery Buddhist Art Museum in Hong Kong, there is a limestone sculpture depicting a pair of hands holding a...

Writing this article during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, I am drawn to wonder how this virus, one out of millions of viruses on...

A groundbreaking exhibition, titled “Cultural Exchange Along the Silk Road: Masterpieces of the Tubo Period (7th–9th Century),” opened in...

Venerable Chaofan (超煩) is the founder of American Association of Buddhist Education (美國佛教教育協會) at Fuhui Temple (福慧寺), which is situated...

What is the best state one can reach when practicing Chinese martial arts? Stillness—your body is not moving, but you are moving. Where...

Although Vesak, or “Waisak” in Indonesian, is celebrated at the national level, the Buddhist community makes up just 1 per cent of the...

Borobudur has always enchanted me. Dated to the eighth and ninth centuries, during the Shailendra dynasty, it is the largest Buddhist...

Buddhism and astrology might seem to be unrelated fields. Buddhism affords a set of teachings intended to liberate us from cycles of...

Penang State in Malaysia is probably the most religiously diverse place I have ever visited. Walking around George Town, the capital city...

The artifacts that we now categorize as “Buddhist art” were not always treated as art in their original context. Despite superb...

“My goal is to build a systematic collection that illustrates how Buddhist art evolved from ancient India to China,” collector Zhou...

In the year of 1602, a father in China completed a text for his 16-year-old son. The father, Yuan Liaofan (袁了凡) (1533–1606), was a...

In ancient Chinese literature, “the West” refers to India—the birthplace of Buddhism. Nowadays, as in most cultures across the globe, the...

The transmission of Buddhist art from India to China is a fascinating topic. Indeed, how did pious and profound art, along with a complex...

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...

"Stacy Guoying Zhang writes about the Dunhuang artefacts that were stacked for centuries in a sealed library, undisplayed –transferred...