Making way for a new kind of Christmas
Writer William Lang’s previous Christmases were all about excess — the more presents and food, the better. But this year, he’s celebrating the holidays with a minimalist approach.
South Korean Culture Minister Yoo Jin-ryong said two Buddhist statues stolen last year from Japan should be returned to their owners in Nagasaki Prefecture, according to Hakubun Shimomura, his Japanese counterpart. Shimomura told reporters that Yoo made the remarks Friday during a bilateral meeting held ...
Temples seek tighter community ties
A new generation of Buddhist priests is working closely with ordinary people to regenerate communities as population shrinkage threatens the future of their temples. On a Saturday night in May, a group of five men, mostly in their 30s, sat down at Saikoji Temple in ...
Buddhist volunteers reaching out to the homeless of Tokyo
On a morning in January, female volunteers went to Tokyo's Yoyogi Park to feed and attend to the needs of the homeless. The women, who belong to the Japan branch of the Tzu Chi Foundation, a Taiwanese humanitarian group established in 1966 by Buddhist nun ...
Seeing the wood for Enku's Buddhas
While a golden age for secular arts, Japan's Edo Period (1603-1867) is broadly dismissed by art historians as a period of stagnation for Buddhist sculpture.
