While today, in India, Buddhism is strongly linked with social activism and anti-caste movements, the reason Buddhism thrived ...

Foster Senior Curator for Traditional Asian Art at Asia Society Museum in New York ... this hand gesture symbolizes the Buddha's summoning Sthavara, the earth goddess, to witness his defeat of mara ...

Worry over the exquisite art—including an image of the protector ... Nor is it known why the image of the Buddhist goddess Tara—a green-skinned, many-armed protector—was accorded such ...

Zeiko’s works delve into the historical and cultural roots of thangka art, blending age-old ... portrayals of figures such as ...