Tracing the roots of Chan Buddhist thought

Zen themes and calligraphy from a range of Japanese artists

Artistic expressions of ancient spiritual themes to reflect the human condition

Tracing the emergence of Chan Buddhism in China

Understanding Daruma as an expression of Zen philosophy

Origami has evolved over the last few decades from a Japanese paper craft practiced mostly by children into an international pastime and a sophisticated form of artistic expression. In the last few de

There is a painting in the Freer Gallery of Art’s current exhibition, Zen, Tea, and Chinese Art in Medieval Japan, that beautifully symbolizes the remarkable cultural exchange and synthesis that

The sun has barely touched the green hill of Druk Amitabha to the west of Kathmandu, Nepal, and already the paths to the nunnery resound with the deep reverberation of a drum, pervading the entire spa

The common narrative of Chinese dynastic history is a story of the “sons of heaven” (tianzi 天子): great men (and one woman, Wu Zetian) who enforced the Mandate of Heaven until they lost it and were ove

The 2000-year-old Silk Road refers to the trade routes and transcontinental economy of Central Eurasia. However, its history is much richer when one looks into its maritime dimension. According to Cen

Caitlin Dwyer reviews Andy Ferguson’s book "Tracking Bodhidharma"

   *   “What used to be done by Religion has to be done alone by Art.”   – Saburo Hasegawa, in a letter to Isamu Noguchi. January 12, 1951.   *   Zen and avant-garde is a curious