So this is one of the weirdest things I've seen in a while. I stumbled across a story from two…
The Monologue of Ice: Four Days, Spring Picnic, by Atta Kim. This is from 2011, but you may have missed…
Sukhi Barber was born in Hertfordshire, England. From an early age she was drawn to the classical and ancient traditions…
Andrew Lawler, New York Times: When the Taliban blasted the famous Bamiyan Buddhas with artillery and dynamite in March 2001,…
The other day I posted a news article about various ideas for replacing the ancient Buddhist statues of Bamiyan, Afghanistan,…
Leanne Ogasawara, 3QuarksDaily: There was recently mention in the media of a religious extremist in Egypt calling for the destruction…
Brent Huffman, CNN: Please bear with me as I ask you to briefly use your imagination. Close your eyes. Imagine…
The name "Karmapa" means "the one who carries out Buddha-activity," and for seventeen lifetimes, a karmapa has embodied the teachings…
It sounds like an artifact from an Indiana Jones film; a 1000 year-old ancient Buddhist statue which was first recovered…
Charles Haviland, BBC: A Sri Lankan court has given suspended jail terms to three French tourists for wounding the religious…