Gyeongju, Korea's ancient capital, hosts rich historic sites and culture, drawing international students for a tour ahead of ...

There are 81,000 woodblock prints within the manuscript that comprises the Korean Buddhist canon, he said. This complex quality makes him think of Korean Buddhism’s 1,700-year-old history, he added.

The highlight of the event was a program hosted by the Korean Culture Centre in New Delhi that allowed participants to indirectly experience traditional Korean Buddhist culture by creating paper lotus ...

To commemorate Buddha’s Birthday, we should reflect on the historical impact of Buddhism, which perhaps is the cultural form most closely associated with Korea as a distinct civilization.

But Buswell’s knowledge of Korean Buddhist studies, which he teaches at UCLA, goes beyond just literature ““ it is based heavily on his experiences as a Buddhist monk in Eastern Asia years ago.