MIDDLETOWN -- Prayers, blessings and a group of 50 or more expectant followers welcomed a collection of Buddhism's most sacred texts to the Chenrezig Tibetan Buddhist Center Sunday morning. In a human ...

GURAT, France, March 11 (UPI) -- German researchers have completed a 30-year project microfilming 175,000 endangered manuscripts of some of the most precious Buddhist texts, a Hamburg scholar told ...

ROSEMEAD – In a plain, white-walled room in the belly of the University of the West, Miroj Shakya breathes new life into sacred Buddhist texts that much of the world thought were lost. There are three ...

TORONTO _ The volumes resemble barrel slats _ about 3 feet long and 6 inches wide. The paper, edges rounded, looks like the skimpiest gossamer but is surprisingly sturdy, even silky to the touch. The ...

Mile Shangsheng Jing dates back to AD 927 and is the second-earliest surviving printed document found in China. [Photo by Jiang Dong/China Daily] Three sacred Buddhist texts are now on display in ...

Explore the origins, translations, and interpretations of sacred or revered texts. Explore the origins, translations and interpretations of sacred texts and shed light on the mystical experience these ...

A single object—a beautiful gilt wood sculpture of Gwaneum, the bodhisattva of compassion and the most popular deity in Korean Buddhism—is the focus of this loan exhibition from the National Museum of ...

He estimates that about one-third of the ancient books being cataloged in the national list are damaged. But he says it doesn't mean that they all need being repaired right away. Li Jining, a ...