Fragrance of chrysanthemums
in Nara there are so many
old Buddha statues
Basho
Fragrance of chrysanthemums
in Nara there are so many
old Buddha statues
Basho
Short video describing the importance of hand gestures.
British Library’s largest ever display of Buddhist collections.
Close looking reveals an extraordinary technical feat: all the pictorial elements are delineated in Chinese characters.
Maitreya (Chinese, Mi-le) the Buddha of the Future.
Free eBook: The Lotus Transcendent: highlights include exceptional Gandharan arts.
At first glance this sculpture appears to represent the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara but is in fact Vajrasattva.
This painted cover for a palm-leaf manuscript belongs to the Pala- Nepalese tradition. It comes from a palm-leaf edition of the Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra (“Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 Verses”).