Intricately realistic sculptures of Buddhist deities were crafted amid great anxiety and fear of a degrading society. Their creation, it was hoped, would help bring salvation. The mappō era was viewed ...

In it, the mother of Jesus is portrayed as the Kannon bodhisattva, a Buddhist deity. Tetsujo Suda, chief monk of Tenyuji, conceived of the artwork featuring not only his own faith but also ...

Hinduism’s focus on joy and God contrasted with Buddhism’s austere practices and lack of a personal deity. Additionally, Buddhism’s monastic demands disrupted societal structures ...

Behind them towered the wrathful Buddhist diety Mahakala with his crown of skulls, carrying a bowl of blood and the legendary weapon Vajra. The cham dance is performed in this monastery in the ...

Thanks to her good karma, Maya had been reborn in the heavens as a god, but in Buddhism gods are not as spiritually advanced as Buddhas. The Buddha used his spiritual powers to travel to the ...

(4 min., 57 sec.) Buddhist thangka paintings are visually captivating and impressive — but there is more to them than meets the eye. Thangkas often focus on a specific deity and scene, and their form ...

MONTREAL — Buddhist Jhāna meditation and Christian ... They start with focused attention on God. Sam called this “pressing in ...