Exhibition, Catalogue and Companion PBS Documentary Film by David Grubin Receive $1 Million National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Chairman's Special Award Pilgrimage and Buddhist Art is the ...

NARUTO, JAPAN - Pilgrims in straw hats and white smocks amble past cherry trees flush with blossoms. They mount the stone steps into the cool, incense-laced air of a Buddhist temple, and bow their ...

Kate Hartmann is a scholar and educator focused on the history of Buddhism, especially in Tibet. Her research explores the history of Tibetan pilgrimage to holy mountains and the goal of transforming ...

“ WHEN, in the time of Ming-ti of the Han, Ma-teng came from the Western regions (to China), he discerned by means of his supernatural sight that ‘ the Pure cold mountain ’ was an abode of Wen-shu, ...

Japan’s ancient and sacred Kumano Kodo pilgrimage trail, a UNESCO World Heritage route with 1,200 years of history.

I am a professor and scholar of the history of Buddhism at the University of Wyoming. As a teacher, I have four main goals. The first is that students will learn about a time and place distant to ...

Although Buddhists form only a small minority in modern India, the significance of India as the spiritual homeland for both Buddhism and Buddhists cannot be overemphasized. (The Buddha himself, who ...

Uttar Pradesh’s Buddhist Circuit is steadily shaping a strong global identity, rooted in faith, heritage, and inclusivity.

Pilgrimage and Buddhist Art is the first major exhibition of its kind devoted to the impact of Buddhist pilgrimage on Asia’s artistic production. It highlights approximately 120 objects of importance ...