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The Most Important Thing is Vitality

Interview with calligrapher – Michiko Imai
Japanese calligrapher Michiko Imai explains how to apply 'The Way of Zen' to all your creative endeavors.

Images of Truth: Seated Buddha (Tibet) 13th Century

The golden body of the Buddha shines a spiritual light that points to the fact that the teachings must be realised in this very body, if they are to be understood completely.

Images of Truth: Gandaran Bust of Buddha

3rd Century
The familiar image of the standing Buddha probably originated in Gandhara in the 1st/2nd century CE; from that region, straddling the present-day nations of Afghanistan and Pakistan, the form spread to every region permeated by Buddhism.

The Heart Sutra: The Swiss Army Knife of Mahayana Buddhism

One of the best known sutras, chanted throughout Asia and the Far East, has multiple uses and seems to evolve through time and place.

In Light of Asia: Georgia O'Keeffe & Mark Rothko

In this final essay, Michael O'Neill looks at the influence of Buddhism and Zen on Western abstract and surreal artists.

In Light of Asia: Marcel Duchamp

Marcel Duchamp was reluctant to 'explain' his art but there is evidence that he was deeply influenced by Buddhist symbols and conceptions of 'No-I' and impermanence.

In Light of Asia: Paul Gaugin & Vincent van Gogh

Although known for their 'hell-raising' lifestyles both Gaugin and van Gogh were deeply touched by the teachings of Buddhism as well as by the styles of Japanese art.

The Emergence of Artistic Interest Towards the Orient.

The first in a series of articles about the influence of Oriental and specifically Buddhist ideas on Western art.

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