Buddhism

Head monk of Kyoto temple takes Buddhism into the community

25 May 2012

Climb the stone walkway, stippled with fallen red camellia blossoms, that leads to Kyoto's Honen-in Temple, past a mossy thatched gate and raised platforms of sand combed in tight patterns of waves and chrysanthemums, and you enter a hushed and otherworldly space at the foot of Mount Daimonji. Honen-in's most famous resident is novelist Junichiro Tanizaki, whose ashes reside in the small ...

Rooted in native flavour

23 May 2012

Kappari Kishan's paintings depict Buddhism in Telangana region

donga.com[English donga]

22 May 2012

The Ven. Myogongdang Daehaeng, who greatly contributed to the modernization and popularization of Korean Buddhism, died Tuesday at Hanmaum Seonwon in Anyang, Gyeonggi Province. She was 86.