Anime characters often face challenges that connect to long-standing Buddhist and Shintō teachings. In this course, students ...

Shown is Transcription of the Zhou Version of the Avatamsaka (Flower Garland) Sutra, Vol. 22 from the Goryeo Dynasty ...

A staff member unveils the cover of "Avatamsaka Sutra, Volume 22, Main Text, in Gold on Indigo Paper" during a media briefing ...

It’s a rite of passage on the backpacker route, but Lydia Swinscoe discovers the more refined side of this intoxicating Thai ...

Themed “DANAFF – Bridging Asia”, the festival aims to honour outstanding cinematic works with rich humanistic value, fresh ...

Incantations ring out at Mongolia's largest monastery as worshippers pray alongside pictures of the Dalai Lama, whose 90th ...

No other Indian fruit can match the mango for its historical significance, its sociocultural importance and its almost ...

For much of the past century, the Dalai Lama has been the living embodiment of Tibet’s struggle for greater freedoms under Chinese Communist Party rule, sustaining the cause from exile even as an ...

The Dalai Lama said he will be reincarnated after he dies, and no one can interfere with the matter of succession. The ...

On the international art market, the young Japanese art scene is currently brighter than it has been for a long while ...

In an age of Y2K-inspired loud graphics (think neon chrome, pixel motifs and holograms), a contrasting movement has quietly ...

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art devotes an expansive exhibition to the Japanese-American artist, admired for her ...