PASADENA>> Two icons in Asian history will be the center attraction today at the USC Pacific Asia Museum. As a single piece exhibit, “Visualizing Enlightenment: Decoding Buddhist Iconography” features ...

Nearly every culture has had a theory of the afterlife. Buddhism has generated a particularly rich lore of posthumous fate. Its imagery and influence thread through the collections of the Asian Art ...

"Heaven and Hell in Japanese Art" is an eclectic mix of statues, paintings and tapestries exhibited in the Buddhist wing of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston through May 1, 2011. Most of the pieces on ...

Shiramizu Amida-do Temple in Iwaki City is the only national treasure of Fukushima Prefecture. This Buddhist temple from the Heian period is especially enjoyable in summer when the garden is full of ...

On Feb. 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066. This order made it legal to remove people from military areas "as deemed necessary or desirable." Though the Yakima ...

Professor Alfred Bloom, one of the world’s foremost authorities on Shin Buddhism and a proponent of its compassion for all beings, is going to get the final word at his funeral service Saturday, says ...

A special exhibition is now running at the Tokyo National Museum until May 8 to mark the 1,050th anniversary of the death of Buddhist Saint Kuya (903-972). The Asahi Shimbun is among the sponsors of ...