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 ...

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 ...

The Mogao Caves in Dunhuang, a hub of ancient Chinese Buddhist art and spirituality, fell victim to extensive looting in the early 20th century. Today, the priceless relics taken from this sacred site ...

A statue of Kumarajiva in front of the Kizil Caves, in Kuqa, Xinjiang, China. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/ Yoshi Canopus Kumarajiva, a fourth-century monk and scholar responsible for translating ...

Pages 43-58 are illustrations. Foreword signed: J. LeRoy Davidson. "This exhibition ... held concurrently with splendid loan exhibit of similar scope at the Metropolitan musueum of art"--p. 42.

Balok Tenzin Dorje, a recognized tulku and a regional intangible cultural heritage inheritor, is dedicated to carrying ...

In the desert outside Kashgar, an oasis city in the far-western region of Xinjiang, an ancient Buddhist stupa rises out of the sand. Because of its conical shape, it is known as Mo’er, the word for ...

The British Museum’s Ancient India, Living Traditions exhibition brings together exhibits on the sacred art of Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. It also encompasses the spread of the devotional art of ...