Exhibition of Buddhist sutras, though written in Chinese for a religion imported from India, shows how Japanese artists made them their own The Lotus Sutra (chapters 20-23) shows an unusual variation ...

Thousands of Buddhists from across the globe honored the Holy Birthday of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III (Photo Credit: Michael Gao Shan) On June 14th and 15th, at the Glendale Civic Auditorium in ...

A robot made by Softbank Group has been programmed to be able to perform Buddhist funeral services in Japan. The robot is called Pepper and it wears a traditional robe during funeral ceremonies, ...

Kim Kyeong-Ho is an expert in sagyeong, the reproduction by hand of Buddhist sutras. Master Kim sits at a drafting table — bright lights shining down on him — and dozens of people watching him. He’s ...

AN organisation is hosting a special exhibition in Johor Baru highlighting teachings from the Lotus Sutra, one of the most influential Buddhist sutras (scriptures). Soka Gakkai Malaysia (SGM) general ...

Pepper the robot has seen a variety of gainful employment in its relatively short life. It's worked in a mobile phone store, a Pizza Hut and a French train station, but now it seems it's jacking in ...

Hanging scrolls with magnificent calligraphy, shimmering gilded statues, ritual objects and a natural installation of beautifully eroded soft gray limestone greet visitors on the second-floor ...

The 1993 film Groundhog Day features egotistical weatherman Phil Connors, played by Bill Murray, reliving the same day over and over. While the movie is beloved as a comedy, many religious scholars ...

The gig began with a nun chanting on stage but suddenly erupted into a wall of noise unleashed by distorted guitars and screamed sutras -- the unique sound of Taiwan's first Buddhist death metal band.

Aidan Delgado enlisted in the U.S. Army Reserve moments before the first of two planes hit the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. His recruiter dropped him off at home on the way to report to her ...