The thirteen-century-old Heart Sutra is only some 260 characters long, but is said to be a crystallization of all Buddhist wisdom. Instantly recognizable to many in Japan, as well as to Buddhists ...

In December 1980, just days before his murder, John Lennon took part in a photo shoot in New York City. In one image, captured by photographer Bob Gruen, Lennon wears a jacket with a sleeve ...

In this curious yet insightful volume, translator Schodt (Dreamland Japan) explores the historical, religious, and cultural aspects of one of the shortest texts in the Buddhist canon. The Heart Sutra ...

Kerr (Lost Japan) delivers a meticulous and personal examination of the Heart Sutra, the influential Buddhist scripture from the seventh century CE. Kerr interprets the sutra line by line, tying its ...

A 400-year-old temple in Japan is attempting to hot-wire interest in Buddhism with a robotic priest it believes will change the face of religion -- despite being accused of creating a "Frankenstein's ...

Fung Ming-Chip was born in Guangdong, China and grew up in Hong Kong eventually moving to New York, US. He is very influenced by Western abstract art, which spurned his desire to explore a modernist ...

Two Buddhist relics -- Transcription of the Zhou Version of the Avatamsaka (Flower Garland) Sutra, Vol. 22 from the Goryeo Dynasty (918-1392) and the Ten Underworld Kings Painting Set from the Joseon ...

GOSEN, Niigata Prefecture--Togen Yoshihara sings pensively while he plays the guitar on the grounds of a temple here, not for a concert but as a religious rite. After a video of him chanting ...

Yogetsu Akasaka, a Japanese Zen Buddhist monk and beatboxing artist, is combining two of his great passions to create a unique listening experience for audiences. Akasaka’s Heart Sutra Live Looping ...