In an age of Y2K-inspired loud graphics (think neon chrome, pixel motifs and holograms), a contrasting movement has quietly ...

The video traces Pure Land Buddhism’s evolution from India to China, Tibet, and Japan, highlighting figures like Shinran who made the practice accessible to all.

China’s state media emphasize how his translated sutras contributed to the Pure Land and Tiantai sects of Buddhism and ultimately traveled on from China to Korea, Japan, and Southeast Asia ...

And growing research into the application of secular Buddhist-inspired practices such as meditation, mindfulness and non-attachment increasingly validates their mental health benefits. Bruno Wang sees ...

After some days of wandering around in Tokyo, with the urn in my arms, I ended up at Kannouji temple, a Pure Land sect Buddhist temple in Setagaya Ward. It's known for its services for dead pets.

During the Kamakura period (1185–1333), Buddhism became the faith of all people of all classes. This was due in part to the many priests who became itinerant evangelists and brought Pure Land Buddhism ...

If the Pure Land art proffers celestial and demonic beings, this one gives us a very human, very Daoist figure. Fei Zhangfang was a disciple of a Daoist immortal who failed at his studies.

Pure Land Buddhism is deeply rooted in Toyama and connected with the mingei (folk crafts) movement that developed in Japan in the 1920s, celebrating the work of anonymous craftspeople who mass ...

Traces of this history can still be seen all over Japan, from Buddha statues hidden in Shinto shrines in response to Meiji policy, to Shinto imagery at Buddhist temples. In many places, Shinto and ...