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In search of abandoned Maitreya statues, artist trio rethinks view of time
In Buddhism, Maitreya is a bodhisattva prophesied to descend to Earth in the distant future, bringing the rebirth of Buddhism and guiding the unenlightened toward redemption. Some believe his arrival ...
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Gandharan Bodhisattva head
This Bodhisattva belongs to the corpus of Buddhist schist statues from the ancient territory of Gandhara, which lay north of the Indus and south of Pamirs. This region, also known as the ...
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Revamped dance drama 'Thousand-Hand Bodhisattva' rings in the New Year in Shanxi
Hand Bodhisattva” captured on Dec 31, 2024. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] The journey of "Thousand-Hand Bodhisattva" began in 2005, when Zhang choreographed the dance for the Spring Festival ...
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In Kathmandu, the eyes of the 'great compassionate one'
La Croix columnist Yann Vagneux, a Paris Foreign Missions priest in India, shares how he joins the processions of Nepalese ...
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Suzhou's master artisans strive to revive delicate authenticity
Having spent his early years in the city's historical Pingjiang Road neighborhood, Yang has also created a series of nephrite ...
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Nara National Museum to show best of Japan’s Buddhist art
Notable exhibits at the exhibition in Nara will include a statuette of Bodhisattva in Pensive Pose from Chuguji temple; a standing statue of Kannon Bodhisattva (Kudara Kannon) from Horyuji temple ...