What is a mandala? Sanskrit, for ''circle,'' a mandala is an image of a palace containing Buddhist iconography that is visualized during meditation or constructed with colored sand, usually by several ...

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In Chinese restaurants I always see statues of Buddha with long earlobes. I sometimes ask the folks who work there what significance this has. So far, even the Buddhists (three now) have no idea. Do ...

Perhaps there’s more than one path to understanding. Glen Echo Park is now offering two, leading either to “Paper Complex” at the Popcorn Gallery or “Food for Thought” at the Stone Tower Gallery. Both ...

v. 1. [without special title] -- v. 2.Amoghavikrāmin-Bzod.par.smra.ba.can -- v. 3. Cayan Acala-Dhūpā -- v. 4. Dhyāna-pāramitā - Gzuṅsḷas.byuṅ.baḥi lha ...

The library’s Tibet Journal, a scholarly quarterly journal in English, first appeared in 1975. It features articles on Tibetan history, art, philosophy, literature and language, and includes book ...

Part 1: Foundations of the tradition -- Buddhist religion, culture, and civilization / Frank E. Reynolds and Charles Hallisey -- The Buddha / Frank E. Reynolds and Charles Hallisey -- Buddhism in ...