The people of Myanmar have often turned to the clergy for aid during natural disasters. But last month’s earthquake was also ...

The people of Myanmar have often turned to clergy during natural disasters, but the earthquake was also devastating for monks ...

Periods including “fish emerge from the ice” in mid-February and “rainbows hide” in late November offer a framework for ...

With all five fingers of the right hand extended to touch the ground, this hand gesture symbolizes the Buddha's summoning Sthavara, the earth goddess, to witness his defeat of mara (the hindering ...

Though sandstone succumbs easily to the chisel, it erodes quickly in rain. The survival of this Buddha and its grottoes, like many in the region, including the famed Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, is due ...

The giant Buddha statue is carved into ... A serene smile graces his face as he rests his left hand on his knee and raises his right palm outward in a gesture said to have prevented the mountain ...

On the one hand, it memorializes an origin of Bachardy’s intense commitment to portraiture as an artistic genre. The Los ...

The death toll in last week’s massive earthquake in Myanmar has passed 2,000, state media said Monday, as accounts of some ...

Red: Connected to your root chakra, Boettcher says red generally represents strength and passion. It’s a grounding color that ...

Golden State’s coach said he was going home after the Warriors’ loss to the Houston Rockets and watching the acclaimed HBO ...