A Lotus Sutra scroll praising the manifold mercies of the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara. Universal Gateway chapter of the Lotus Sutra/Calligrapher: Sugawara Mitsushige/The Metropolitan Museum of Art ...

Carved in stone more than a millennium ago, the Buddhist scripture pillars of the Dinh dynasty preserve both sacred prayers and the remorse of a royal heir.

A Goryeo Kingdom Buddhist scripture was found inside the head of a Buddha statue in Silsang Temple in Namwon, North Jeolla Province, Wednesday. “Daebanyabaramildagyeong,” the 11.8-centimeter-wide and ...

A mission to translate what is thought to be a two-century old scripture from Khmer into Italian, a gift to Pope Pius XI from King Rama VII, has been completed and is ready to be displayed at the ...

The Cultural Heritage Conservation Science Center in the National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage (NRICH) finished conservation treatment on 17th-century Buddhist scriptures from Mongolia. The ...

Changyin’s reinterpretation of worms as cells reflects other ways for women to think about the blood of menstruation and childbirth. The negative views of female bodies expressed in the “Blood Bowl ...

Japanese experts have found a number of Buddhist scripture fragments dating from the seventh century in caves in Bamiyan, central Afghanistan, according to the National Research Institute for Cultural ...

A 300-year-old depository of Buddhist scriptures remains intact after a fire in Dukezong, also known as "Moon Town", in Yunnan province, Yunnan Information Times reported. Many other buildings around ...

(The Conversation) — For many Buddhists today, both in East Asia and across the world, the Lotus Sutra offers religious support for various gender identities. (The Conversation) — State legislatures ...