Some Buddhist teachings for the holiday, enjoy.
Film The Beginnings of Chan (Zen) Painting and Muqi.
Read ‘A Buddhist Path’ by Ajahn Sumedho
History
2,000-Year-Old Gandhara Buddhist Text
With introductory film.
Bodhisattva, probably Avalokiteshvara.
Buddhist Art (short film around 8 minutes long).
Who is the Laughing Buddha?
Pointing at the moon, looking at the moon, I’m just an old traveler along the way.
Seated Bodhisattva
Seated Bodhisattva with one leg pendent. Japan, Asuka or Nara Period dated 606 or 666.
A Broken Broom, a Tattered Scripture
One is the Bodhisattva of the Great Path, The other the Patriarch of the Great Buddha. What evidence is there?
Tibet: Does History Matter? Tsering Shakya
Tsering Shakya teaches in the Contemporary Tibetan Studies Programme at the University of British Columbia.
Spells, Images, and Mandalas
This study examines the translations of dhāranī sūtras made by Bodhiruci in the early eighth century and later Esoteric texts, such as Yixing’s commentary on the Mahāvairocana sūtra and Amoghavajra’s ritual manuals…
Buddhism now 