Visiting the Longmen Grottoes’ Fengxian Temple at night is an otherworldly experience
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From the Capitals to the Corridor: A Visit to China’s Silk Road
Bringing heritage sites and religious doctrine together in a dialogue for our Buddhism in the People’s Republic project
Why do Bangladesh and India need transborder security cooperation on the Rakhine crisis?
Security and strategic affairs analyst Kamal Uddin Mazumder unpacks the border tensions between a region historically inflamed by Buddhist-Muslim conflict
“Being and Time” – Ma Liping’s New Yungang Photography Exhibition
A striking exhibit of Yungang photography is running from 20 January to 29 February at Shenzhen’s Dongguang Tang Art Museum
Laying the Foundations: the Question of the 17th Karmapa’s Ongoing Absence at Rumtek Monastery During the 14th Dalai Lama’s Current Visit
Unpacking the implications of a recent visit by the Dalai Lama to Sikkim and the ongoing absence of the Karmapa at Rumtek Monastery
Bhutan and Beyond: Strategic Characteristics of New Delhi’s Buddhist Diplomacy
Indian proponents of Buddhist diplomacy have four strategic goals as they eye Bhutanese movements between New Delhi and Beijing
On The Hunt for the Water Moon Guanyin in “Pre-Genghis Esoteric North Asia”
From the Yulin Caves in Guazhou to Abu Dhabi, from the Tang to the Tangut… striking connections between an auctioned statue by Bonhams and other sacred images take us on a voyage across time and space to find the Water Moon Guanyin “hiding” in Pre-Genghis North Asia
Rebecca Wong’s Dreamscapes of Art, Archetypes, and Ascension
Welcome to Rebecca Wong’s world of art, where creations resonate with imperial nostalgia, sensuality, and mystic power
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
Encore Dunhuang: A Contemporary Silk Road Show of Olympian Ambition
Reviewing China’s largest-scale mixed media performance of Silk Road history and characters