A Lotus Sutra scroll praising the manifold mercies of the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara. Universal Gateway chapter of the Lotus Sutra/Calligrapher: Sugawara Mitsushige/The Metropolitan Museum of Art ...

Monks and worshippers spent the night of April 18 chanting sutras to honor the founder of Chion-in temple in Kyoto’s Higashiyama Ward. Chion-in is the head temple of the Jodoshu (Pure Land) sect of ...

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 ...

A new Indian facsimile edition of the Gilgit Lotus Sutra - an important document of Mahayana Buddhism - written in Sanskrit has brought the last teachings of Gautama Buddha before his death to ...

The achievements of an ambitious project to restore Buddhist sutras created during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) meets visitors at the Beijing Municipal Administration of Cultural Heritage. On display ...

When the Diamond Sutra was published in the year 868 CE, bringing Mahāyāna Buddhism to Chinese readers, the printer anticipated modern open-source software by explicitly specifying that the book be ...