Art as Contemplative Exploration of Reality – Recent Works by Visionary Laurie Anderson
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, impressive stone mandala
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 >
Ajanta, the pearl of Buddhist art in India
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 >
Discovering solastalgia, taking into account the “Emotions of the Earth”
Who has never felt pain, disappointment or anger in the face of the spectacle of the destruction of nature? It is to designate this feeling and its impact… Read more >
The Mahâkapi Jâtaka, the sacrifice of a virtuous monkey
An integral part of the canonical Buddhist literature, the jâtaka (or “lives”) relate the many past lives of Buddha Shakyamuni, during which he experienced … Read more >
Long before Gutenberg, the printing press was Buddhist
Paper and printing were invented in East Asia centuries before these technologies arrived in Europe. And the Buddhists were at the first… Read more >
The seed of compassion. Life Lessons and Teachings for Children: His Holiness the Dalai Lama
The Seed of Compassion is a beautiful transmission book from a spiritual master to children. This is also the first time that he has addressed... Read more >
The Buddha and the social classes
Account of the past lives of the Buddha who mocked the social order and treated his neighbors with equal benevolence. The society in which evolved... Read more >
Hope in motion: Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone
Synthesis of thirty years of research and practical workshops, Hope in motion by Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone, eminent figures in ecopsychology, shows us how … Read more >
Buddhism manual – Ancient Buddhism and Theravada, Mahayana and Vajrayana: Philippe Cornu
To compose this column, I could have contented myself with skimming over the tables of contents and writing: “Thanks to the luminous volume 1 on the … Read more >
Aung San Suu Kyi, Rohingya and Buddhist extremists: Frédéric Debomy and Benoît Guillaume
The book opens with a giant portrait of Aung San Suu Kyi, which sits in the heart of downtown Yangon. A provocation that would have set fire to … Read more >
Tell me how to get better and better every day, by Michel Odoul
Shiatsu practitioner, Michel Odoul is the author of a new book with an eloquent title: Tell me how to get better and better every day (Albin Michel, March 2020). … Read more >
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