buddhist art

What’s in a Symbol? Vajra

Indra’s lightning bolt in Vajryana ritual and art

By Jeff Watt

Summer 2022

Folklore and Fantasy

Chitra Ganesh’s art draws on Buddhist and Hindu iconography and pop culture to build a bridge to the idea of home.

By Emily DeMaioNewton | Artwork by Chitra Ganesh

Winter 2021

Finding Power in Peril

Take a moment to learn about the unruly spirits that haunt our lands, bodies, and minds—and how to work with them.

By Julia Hirsch

Oct 30, 2020

A Brush of Dharma

By painting thoughts on canvas, Leidy Churchman explores the subtleties of the conditioned self.

Interview with Leidy Churchman by Anne Doran

Fall 2020

Buddha Buzz Weekly: Brooklyn Zen Center To Close Its Brooklyn Sangha

The Brooklyn Zen Center announces that it will close its main sangha, a Zen Buddhist priest unsuccessfully sues Attorney General General William Barr and other officials to delay the execution of his student on death row, and China’s Ministry of Education bans books, including those about Buddhism. Tricycle looks back at the events of this week in the Buddhist world.

By Emily DeMaioNewton and Karen Jensen

Jul 18, 2020

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A Hidden Trove of Japanese Buddhist Art Revealed in New Jersey

The Newark Museum’s Beyond Zen exhibition presents an extensive collection for the first time.

By Kay Larson

Oct 23, 2019

black and white photo of buddha sculptures in a temple

MagazineArts & Culture

Awakened by Beauty

A Zen priest and scholar considers the role of aesthetics in a renunciant tradition.

By Kurt Spellmeyer, Photographs by Michael Kenna

Fall 2019

buddhist artist michela martello in her studio

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An Artist’s Buddhist-Feminist Renaissance

Michela Martello draws on her Italian and Buddhist roots to raise questions around gender and womanhood.

By Julia Hirsch

Apr 30, 2019

Initiation card from 15th century, encountering the buddha art and practice across asia initiation card

MagazineArts & Culture

The Buddhas Go to Washington

The Sackler Gallery in Washington, D.C. features a new, three-year-long exhibition, Encountering the Buddha: Art and Practice across Asia.

By Anne Doran

Spring 2018

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Khache Phalu’s Advice: How a Muslim Text Became a Tibetan Bestseller

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You Can’t Be Yourself By Yourself: Overcoming Structural Selfishness

In this Dharma Talk, Malcolm Martin proposes the term "structural selfishness" to discuss the ways that a fixed idea of self hinders our practice, while offering insight on how to embrace the complexity of interdependence.

Malcolm Martin

Jun 2022

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buddhist art

Magazine

What’s in a Symbol? Vajra

Magazine Arts & Culture

Folklore and Fantasy

Trike Daily Arts & Culture

Finding Power in Peril

MagazineArts & Culture

A Brush of Dharma

Trike DailyNews

Buddha Buzz Weekly: Brooklyn Zen Center To Close Its Brooklyn Sangha

Trike DailyArts & Culture

A Hidden Trove of Japanese Buddhist Art Revealed in New Jersey

MagazineArts & Culture

Awakened by Beauty

Trike DailyArts & Culture

An Artist’s Buddhist-Feminist Renaissance

MagazineArts & Culture

The Buddhas Go to Washington