Ikebana, the Japanese floral art, is an ideal way to connect with nature and find inner harmony. This ancient art not only ...

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Nalanda contributed to the development and evolution of two major Mahayana Buddhist philosophies — Madhyamaka and Yogacara, Abhay K writes in his book, 'Nalanda: How it Changed the World'. Excerpts: ...

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The Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, Florida, has appointed Shawn Yuan as the Elizabeth B. McGraw Senior Curator of ...

Located in the heart of LA’s Little Tokyo neighborhood, the museum embraces the Japanese-American experience in all its permutations, including aspects that other persecuted and marginalized ...

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Shortly after dawn, more than 200 monks from an order of Tibetan exiles carry carefully bundled scriptures and 108 gold-gilt ...

Former Tate Modern director Vicente Todolí founded Todolí Citrus Fundació to preserve rare citrus varieties and compile a ...

I'm obsessed with coffee. So, I visited over three dozen Phoenix coffee shops to create the ultimate guide to cafes in ...

The fictional villain is based on the ancient story of an individual with ... Ryusaku Nagaoka, a professor of Japanese art history at Tohoku University’s graduate school, attributed this ...