Buddhist Photographs of Japan in 1865
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Buddha’s Word: The Life of Books in Tibet and Beyond
Many of the artefacts, prints and manuscripts in the exhibition have never been on public display before. Exhibits include some of the oldest illuminated Buddhist manuscripts from the first decades of the eleventh century as well as specimens of skilfully illuminated wooden covers; a quartet of scroll paintings brought back from the infamous Younghusband Expedition; and a gift from the 13th Dalai Lama…
Digitising manuscripts at Gangtey Monastery in Bhutan
Since the decline of Buddhism in Tibet, Mongolia and other parts of the Northern Buddhist world, the Kingdom of Bhutan has come to be seen as the last bastion of Mahayana Buddhism. With its long history of isolation and independence, Bhutan has remained a unique repository of the cultural and religious wealth of the Buddhist Himalaya. Its secluded monasteries and temples today represent a literary treasure trove that is largely unharmed and still unexplored.
Tea with the last Emperor, by Patty Elwood
Bronzes were arranged along the stairway, one of them being the Buddha-rupa which I have now.
Buddha Calling the Earth to Witness
Buddhist art: Some Buddha images.
Dalai Lama’s arrival in India in 1959
Short film (about 2 minutes) from Pathé newsreels on the The Dalai Lama’s arrival in India in 1959
In the Land of Snow: Buddhist Art from the Himalayas
From an exhibition at: Norton Simon Museum March 28–Aug. 25, 2014 Buddha Shakyamuni or Akshobhya Nepal, 13th century, Gilt-copper alloy, 13-3/4 x 10-1/4 in. (34.9 x 26 cm) Norton Simon Art Foundation.
Enter the Mandala
In Enter the Mandala, a series of mandala paintings align the gallery with the cardinal directions—north, south, east and west—transforming the open gallery space into an architectural mandala.
Buddhism now 