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• Books (5)
• Readings (14)
• Audio/Video (16)
• Reference Shelf (1)

Books (5)

Embodying Compassion in Buddhist Art: Image, Pilgrimage, Practice (2015) – Karen Lucic

The Lotus Transcendent: Indian and Southeast Asian Art from the Samuel Eilenberg Collection (1991) – Martin Lerner and Steven Kossak

The Greatest Man Who Ever Lived: The Supreme Buddha (1998) – Weragoda Sarada and P. Wickramanayake

Buddhism Goes to the Movies: An Introduction to Buddhist Thought and Practice (2014) – Ronald Green

The Buddhist Wheel Symbol (1969) – T. B. Karunaratne

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Readings (14)

Featured:

• Tai Khun Buddhism And Ethnic–Religious Identity (2009) – Klemens Karlsson
  ⭐ Recommended

  … the history, myth and cult of a Burmese Buddha image standing in the middle of the [Shan] city of Chiang Tung and the ways in which religious visual culture expresses ethnic-religious identity.

  9 pages

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The Karma-Vibhanga Reliefs at Borobudur (2020) – Bhikkhu Ānandajoti

The Light-Emitting Image of Magadha in Tang Buddhist Art (2020) – Dorothy C. Wong

Temple Looting in Cambodia: Anatomy of a Statue Trafficking Network (2014) – Simon Mackenzie and Tess Davis

The Shape of Victory: the Earth-Touching Gesture in Context (2022) – Doug Smith

The Sumedhakathā in Pāli Literature and Its Relation to the Northern Buddhist Textual Tradition (2010) – Junko Matsumura

Narratives of Buddhist Relics and Images (2019) – Stephen C. Berkwitz

The Buddha Was Bald (2010) – Eisel Mazard

Images and Monasteries in Faxian’s Account on Anurādhapura (2019) – Haewon Kim

Hypostasizing the Buddha: Buddha Image Consecration in Northern Thailand (1995) – Donald K. Swearer

The Buddha’s Fire Miracles (2015) – Bhikkhu Anālayo

The identification of plant reliefs in the Lalitavistara story of Borobudur temple, Central Java, Indonesia (2020) – Destario Metusala, Fauzuah Fauziah, Dewi Ayu Lestari, Janis Damaiyani and others

The Dharmacakramudrā Variant at Ajanta: An Iconological Study (2000) – John C. Huntington and Chaya Chandrasekhar

Mudrās (2004) – Villa Del Prado

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Audio/Video (16)

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring (2003) – Kim Ki-duk

Six Persimmons (2011) – James Cahill

Ritual in Contemplation: Text and Tools in Tantric Buddhism (2011) – Robert Thurman

Stupas and Stupefaction (2016) – Kit Patrick

He’s Still Neutral (2019) – Phoebe Judge

Nepal: The Great Plunder (2018) – Steve Chao

Beliefs Made Visible: Buddhist Art in South Asia (2009) – Brian Hogarth

Introduction to Buddhist Art (2018) – Doug Smith

The Abduction of Queen Kakati (2017) – Kit Patrick

The Art of Making Buddha Statues: Cause and Condition (2018) – Dharma Realm Buddhist Association

Korean Buddhist Art (2009)

Angkor Temple Mountains (2009)

Chinese Buddhist Cave Shrines (2009)

The Buddha in Lanna (2020) – Angela S. Chiu

Statue of The Buddha Triumphing Over Mara (2018) – Nathan Yoo and Churyl Zeviar

The Buddha on the Alter of Drepung Loseling Monastery (2020) – Dadul Namgyal

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Reference Shelf (1)

• buddhisim [sic] art (2017) – Bob 1988

  A large collection of 3D models of Buddhist statues.

  Online

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