Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...
Siddhartha Gautama, a prince born some twenty-five hundred years ago, is recognized as the Historical Buddha, or “Awakened One.” His enlightenment freed him from the cycle of rebirth, and his ...
The development of images with emanated figures in the aureole -- The notion of generating other Buddhas in Buddhism -- The tranformed-Buddhas and the Buddhas-of-the-ten-directions -- Bodhisattva as ...
KOLKATA – Lord Buddha may have been born in Nepal and attained Nirvana in India, but it is China which has the largest number of World Heritage Sites of Buddhism, says Mao Siwei, Consul-General of Chi ...
NEW DELHI, (ANI) – Bodhidharma, a revered Buddhist monk who lived during 5th or 6th century is credited for transmitting Chan Buddhism (the Chinese school of Mahayana Buddhism) in China. The word Chan ...
Shao Yi, “Producing Totem” (2010), wooden mold, dimensions variable (all images courtesy UCCA Center for Contemporary Art) BEIJING — Just as European art has long been influenced by that of nonwestern ...