The gigantic niche where the world’s tallest Buddha once stood now stares out onto the world like an empty eye socket. At its base, among car-size chunks of rubble from one of the most famous ancient ...

NEW YORK — “Tree & Serpent,” an exhibition of early Buddhist art from India at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (through Nov. 13), put me in a strange and beautiful state. Packed with precious, hard-won ...

GALLE, Sri Lanka — Legs folded, smiling serenely, several Buddha statues of cement and plaster sit unscathed amid collapsed brick walls and other tsunami debris. To many residents, the survival of the ...

Buddha icons, sculptures and paintings are increasingly making their way into a majority of homes across the globe. Today, as part of Zen decor, you can find Buddha icons in living rooms, hallways, ...

Introduction: Art museums -- Attraction and aversion to Buddhist icons -- The Buddhist image as sacred story -- The expressive detail: Buddhist symbolism and iconography -- Fully enlightened Buddhas - ...