A Hindu swastika decorates the New York patio of a home where a Hindu wedding ceremony unfolds. The curving swastika with its rounded corners is an ancient symbol of good fortune and often used on ...
McArthur, curator of East Asian Art at the Pacific Asia Museum in Pasadena, has set for herself no small task: to create a concise, accessible primer to the intricate world of Buddhist art. She ...
NEW YORK, April 17, 2017 — Adriana Proser, John H. Foster Senior Curator for Traditional Asian Art at Asia Society Museum in New York, provides an inside look at the Tibetan thangka paintings on ...
Translation of: Buddhistische Glückssymbole im tibetischen Kulturraum, 1992. Essentials of Tibetan Thought -- Non-Conventional Reality -- 1. The Eight Symbols of Good Fortune -- 2. The Eight Bringers ...
Tibetan Buddhism, the most esoteric and symbolic of Buddhist traditions, relies heavily on several kinds of rituals ""that underscore the oneness of body, speech, and mind,"" including mudras ...
Watching a master monk from California pray and beseech Buddha to enter their temple was a major moment for many of the faithful who attended the two-day ceremonies blessing Chua Tung Lam, ...
ALAPPUZHA: Six decades since the historic visit of the Dalai Lama to the Karumadikuttan Memorial in Ambalappuzha in 1965, the site that once reflected Kerala's rich Buddhist heritage remains in a ...