Buddhist

Bhante Bodhidhamma

The Body by Bhante Bodhidhamma

By Buddhism Now on 12 August 2019 • ( 1 )

Buddhist Film: A talk given by Bhante Bodhidhamma. (49 minutes)

Gandhara Scroll

2,000-Year-Old Gandhara Buddhist Text

By Buddhism Now on 2 August 2019 • ( 2 )

With introductory film.

Bodhisattva, probably Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin),ca. 550–560, China. © The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bodhisattva, probably Avalokiteshvara.

By Buddhism Now on 27 July 2019 • ( 0 )

Buddhist Art (short film around 8 minutes long).

Aizen Myōō (Wisdom King of Passion), Japanese, Kamakura period, 13th century. Wood with polychromy. Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum

Views and Opinions by John Aske

By Buddhism Now on 13 July 2019 • ( 0 )

In not-knowing, there is room for everything: the born and the unborn.

Zen Master with Meditation Staff, and Chinese-Style Landscapes, probably late 1620s–1644, Japan. Painting by Unkoku Tōeki. © Metropolitan Museum of Art

Zen Master with Meditation Staff, and Chinese-Style Landscapes.

By Buddhism Now on 6 July 2019 • ( 0 )

Here we find the common motifs of cliffs, rocky outcrops, pavilions, and a lone figure crossing a bridge.

Birth, Old Age, Sickness, and Death from the Life of Buddha

The Buddha by John Snelling

By Buddhism Now on 14 June 2019 • ( 3 )

What was this long-lost secret that the Buddha rediscovered?

Sōji-ji — Reading the Sutras

By Buddhism Now on 28 May 2019 • ( 2 )

The chanting is all in Japanese. Hope you enjoy it.

Examining a Painting of White-Robed Kannon © Metropolitan Museum of Art

Examining a Painting of White-Robed Kannon

By Buddhism Now on 18 May 2019 • ( 0 )

Close looking reveals an extraordinary technical feat: all the pictorial elements are delineated in Chinese characters.