In the far reaches of the desert in Gansu Province are a collection of little-known caves with the most beautiful religious art of the Tangut Empire
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Vairocana: The Esoteric Sun Buddha along the Chinese Buddhist Silk Road
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Visiting the Longmen Grottoes’ Fengxian Temple at night is an otherworldly experience
Yarlung Rising: The Imperial Cult of the Sun Buddha, with Dr. Giorgios Halkias
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From Khotan to Tibet? Discover the cult of Vairocana Buddha, an important object of worship in the Yarlung imperial court
The Cosmos Inside a Buddha’s Body – The Iconography and Presence of Cosmological or Dharmadhatu Buddhas
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A talk on a unique Buddhist art motif by Macau-based Buddhist Studies Tianshu Zhu