Antiquities / Archaeology
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A Buddhist tale of comfort and closure
Source : Buddhistdoor International (2013-05-18)
Glimpses of living history often surprise us with their suddenness, their whimsical appearance in the hands of an unsuspecting discoverer. And it often requires many decades (or even centuries) before the world is capable, or willing, to com... -
Minaret and Stupa – The Art of Remembrance in Islam and Buddhism
Source : Buddhistdoor International (2013-04-22)
For millennia, awesome structures have reached for the sky and the stars beyond h... -
Part Five: Rethinking
Source : Buddhistdoor International (2013-02-20)
One of the mysteries of Buddhist history is the 400-year absence of an anthropomo... -
Part Four: New Ideas
Source : Buddhistdoor International (2013-02-04)
Beginning in the mid-1980’s, American scholars John and Susan Huntington turne... -
Part Three: Questions Raised
Source : Buddhistdoor International (2013-01-15)
One of the curiosities of history is the lack of evidence of any image of the Bud... -
Part One: The Missing Buddha
Source : Buddhistdoor International (2012-11-06)
Who doesn’t recognize the Buddha? His image appears these days on watches, ... -
On Sacred Tides: Maritime Buddhism and moving from the Silk Road to a “Great Circle”
Source : Buddhistdoor International (2012-06-01)
Imagine you’re about to sail the azure sea and reap its more positive ma...



