Buddhism expressed through life arts

Examining the Tale of Heike

The story of a jewelry artist on embodying the sensual and the sacred

Cham revelations from the remote Himalaya

Artistic expressions of ancient spiritual themes to reflect the human condition

A tour de force that raises the bar for scholarly daring

A Buddhist perspective on exploring authentic creative expression

Buddhist themes in entertainment media

Exploring the Shinto tradition

Film review of Toei Animation's "Buddha 2!"

Music from Bhutan is ambient while creatively carving out an ethereal dimension for dance and song. Such an arresting kind of music is only natural coming from one of the most dazzling artistic entour

Aside from their questionably passionate gazes and prolonged shots of their longing embraces, Chapra and his unnamed mother form a genuinely touching duo. Their mutual devotion forms the second rubric

The strong and beautiful Migaila is perhaps the single most daring creative liberty taken with the story of the Buddha. First of all, there is no Migaila in the canonical accounts of the Buddha’

In Tezuka's original manga, Bandhaka’s role is little more than that of a minor villain, a contemptible rival to Siddhartha for Yasodharā’s affections. In this adaptation his importance is