The flourishing of the Buddhist tradition in the Russian Federation

Tracing the roots of a sacred Buddhist art form

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

As I am not an art historian, I had some hesitation in attending the talks on “Buddhist Art and Architecture.” However, after reading the abstracts, I was surprised to learn that the resea

I’ve recently returned from a Dunhuang tour led by Mrs. Mei-yin Lee, one of Hong Kong's most sought-after guides and thinkers on Chinese culture. There are many sites of Buddhist beauty in and around

Editor’s note: Bakaeva Elza Petrovna has a PhD in History and is Deputy Director of the Kalmyk Institute for Humanities of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Russian Federation, Republic of Kalmykia, El

A face-off between Russia's Buddhists and imperial rulers

In a past article, I suggested a three-point plan that ambitious and gifted Buddhist leaders could consider implementing for an authentic “21st Century Buddhism”. These were: help pro