Drawing on the National Museum of Asian Art's collections and collecions from across the Smithsonian, artworks spanning two millennia reveal Asia's rich Buddhist heritage. They represent diverse ...
Many compositions were fixed by Buddhist iconography and artistic tradition. These might be drawn from memory or according to standard examples. The preliminary sketch is made with charcoal crayon.
A 62-year-old retiree from Suita, Osaka Prefecture, found a couple of surprises on his journey to express gratitude for the ...
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, N.J. -- Just off a state highway in New Jersey, one of the largest statues of the Buddha in the United States appears unexpectedly in the middle of a backyard. It rises 30 feet ...
His parents, Norbu Wangdu and Dolma Tsering, fled Tibet in the 1960s after China’s occupation in the late 1950s. Born in 1982 ...
Design a drawing or a model of a modern pillar on which ... the student is able to 5-12 Describe the life and teachings of the Buddha and explain ways in which those teachers were a response ...
Fresh perspectives now emerge on both the Buddha himself and his Enlightenment. Drawing on his own years of meditative experience as a Buddhist monk, the author offers here remarkable new ...
Beomjeong and NewJeansNim both say their efforts to draw younger generations to Buddhism have left them open to criticism. “Korean Buddhist monks had a perception of: ‘How dare he flaunt his ...