The rapid ascent of AI will pose many philosophical and ethical questions that need urgent answers before humanity can confidently hurl headlong beyond the point of no return
Raymond Lam
An Indispensable Cultural Export: The International Day of Yoga in Hong Kong, 17 June 2023
The International Day of Yoga in Hong Kong will be held on 17 June at the picturesque Sun Yat Sen Memorial Park
“Tree & Serpent: Early Buddhist Art in India, 200 BCE–400 CE”
An landmark exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum in New York will tell the story of Buddhist art’s origins
Visions of Vesak at Sheung Shui
The Ceylon Farm Village in Sheung Shui is a unique Dhamma community of practice established by Hong Kong’s Sri Lankan Buddhists
The Meaning of Vesak in Our Time
Adapted from a speech given at the invitation of the Consulate of India, Hong Kong on 25 May, the eve of Vesak 2023
The World Council of Churches and Pope Francis on Vesak 2023: Muddled Messaging or Mission?
The World Council of Churches’ Vesak 2023 message might clash with the Catholic Church’s sense of mission beyond interfaith dialogue
Encore Dunhuang: A Contemporary Silk Road Show of Olympian Ambition
Reviewing China’s largest-scale mixed media performance of Silk Road history and characters
Communicating the Dharma to All: A Conference on “Vernacular Buddhism in Asia and Europe”
A conference held at the University of Tartu in Estonia covers the rich diversity of Buddhism from multiple perspectives
Embodied: “Sensitive Calligraphy” as Physical Painting, with Catarina Gushiken
Brazilian artist Catarina Gushiken reveals how her artistic and cultural connection to Japan and Asia and mixed ethnic heritage inform her unique “sensitive calligraphy”
Pioneering Preservation: The Digital Heritage Centre’s Heritage Photography Workshop
A workshop on “Heritage Photography” brought together two collaborative institutions to train specialists in high-tech photography for heritage sites and locations