Riding on the Back of Freedom: The Meaning of Garuda
Image courtesy of the author* What do you imagine when you think of a bird? Perhaps its ability to fly, to be carried above the ground,... Read more >
Image courtesy of the author* What do you imagine when you think of a bird? Perhaps its ability to fly, to be carried above the ground,... Read more >
Laurie Anderson. Photo by Carolyn Cole. At latimes.com Two questions multimedia artist Laurie Anderson asks herself about creating art are: Why … Read more >
Borobudur is the largest Buddhist building ever erected. If its creators are forgotten, the wisdom they wanted to transmit is intact. It is on the island of … Read more >
It is in a majestic setting, a deep horseshoe-shaped ravine dug over millennia by a river, the Waghora, that stretches out over … Read more >
Paper and printing were invented in East Asia centuries before these technologies arrived in Europe. And the Buddhists were at the first… Read more >
From March 1 to 10, 1959, the capital of Tibet was the scene of a massacre perpetrated by the Chinese army and the first Tibetan uprising. Feedback … Read more >
Fresco on the history of the Roof of the World, from the monarchy to the present day. 1-Ancient history: monarchy 1063 BC. J.-C.: Bönteun Shénrab, founder of the religion … Read more >
According to the lunisolar calendar, said to have been invented in 2637 BCE by the mythical Yellow Emperor, the Chinese New Year falls... Read more >
Among all the ritual objects of Buddhism, especially in the Vajrayana (the diamond vehicle), the vajra associated with the bell certainly belongs to … Read more >
Anyone who has traveled in Buddhist land has inevitably seen one day stand before their eyes one of these buildings that are today characteristic of religious architecture... Read more >
Coming from India, after passing through the Silk Roads, Buddhism adapted its message to China. Leaving India a while ago... Read more >
Generations of monks once circled the Himalayas as if it were a giant stupa, from India to China to … Read more >