Short film about 5 minutes. Hakuin’s self-taught, spontaneous, yet masterly and inspired painting and calligraphy, just like his teachings and writings, expressed the mind and heart of Zen for monks and lay followers alike.
Art
Buddhist art
Ten Verses on Oxherding, Zen master Guoan Shiyuan
In Zen, a herdboy’s search for his lost oxen has served as a parable for a practitioner’s pursuit of enlightenment since this Buddhist sect’s early history in China. In the eleventh century, the Song-dynasty Zen master Guoan Shiyuan (active ca. 1150) codified the parable into ten verses (gāthā), recorded and illustrated in this handscroll…
The Eye-opener, a short video of Nepalese sacred-art.
A short video of a Nepalese sacred-art master and his journey of patience and time. (around 6 minutes)
The Helgö Buddha
A remarkable collection of religious items from diverse lands was discovered during archaeological excavations on the Swedish island of Helgö. Undoubtedly the most extraordinary find discovered during the excavations at Helgö was a small, bronze Buddha…
Views of Fuji San, by Katsushika Hokusai
Paintings from a series of thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei) by Katsushika Hokusai. © Art Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue (at 82nd Street), New York, NY 10028, USA
Shakyamuni Descending from the Mountain
Shakyamuni Descending from the Mountain.15th century, Japan.© Metropolitan Museum of Art Shakyamuni renounced the world and went into the mountains to become an ascetic when he was twenty-nine years old. Unable to reach enlightenment even after six years of rigorous… Read More ›
Small Buddha on show at Agatha Christie’s house
Small Buddha on show at Agatha Christie’s old house near Totnes, Devon.
Pensive Bodhisattva
The origin of Buddha statues of this style is the figure of Prince Siddhartha in contemplation pondering the four phases of life (birth, old age, sickness, and death). Established first in India, the Pensive Bodhisattva was made in countless numbers in China but not till it came to Korea…
Buddhism now 