EditorialNuns practice kung fu early in the morning at Druk Amitabha Nunnery, on a hill overlooking Kathmandu, Nepal, Feb. 3, 2023. (Saumya Khandelwal/The New York Times)
EditorialA prayer ceremony at the Bon Shen Ling temple in the Woodside neighborhood of Queens on Sept. 24, 2022. Bon is an ancient indigenous Tibetan religion that was influenced by Indian Buddhism. (James Estrin/The New York Times)
EditorialThailand: Wat Ratchabophit, Bangkok, a landmark Buddhist temple and the seat of the current Sangharat (Sankharaat/Sangharaja), the head of Thai Buddhism
EditorialChina / Japan: Xuanzang (Hsuan-tsang, c. 602 – 664) was a famous Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, traveler and translator who travelled to India seeking Buddhist knowledge during the early Tang Dynasty. Hanging scroll painting, Kamakura Period (14th cent
EditorialChina: 'Luohan, after a set attributed to Guanxio'. Ink rubbing of the stele commissioned by the Qianlong emperor depicting the arhat Asita. The upper right shows the inscriptions of the eulogy given by Qianlong. Stele c. 1757, ink rubbing c. 18th-19th ce
EditorialThailand: Statue of a seated King Rama V, Chulalongkorn (1 October 1868 – 23 October 1910), 5th monarch of the Chakri Dynasty, in the grounds of the Buddhist temple, Wat Rajabophit