1.a Mahayana movement of Buddhism, introduced into China in the 6th centurya.d.and into Japan in the 12th century, that emphasizes enlightenment by means of meditation and direct, intuitive insights. 2.the discipline and practice of this sect. ...
whose name had a double meaning to it: “Ai” is a common women’s name in Japan that means “love,” but it’s spelled just like “AI,” and Ai Satsuki herself was a series of digital images created by an artificial intelligence...
Shishi (獅子) means lion. Kara (唐) is an old thanks to calling Korea. Karajishi (唐獅子) may be a lion designed in ancient Korean, or Chinese, art. In mythology, Shishi is said to be the strongest of all and fear nothing except one thing – a bug that infests the fur of the S...
A writing by Shinran at age eighty-eight [Concerning “realize” (gyaku-toku):] Gyaku means to realize in the causal stage, and toku means to realize on reaching the resultant stage. [Concerning “Name” (myogo):] Myo indicates the Name in the causal stage, and go indicates the Name ...
Celebrating the artistic friendship of Melbourne artists Ethel Spowers and Eveline Syme, the Know My Name touring exhibition presents the changing face of interwar Australia through the perspective of two pioneering women artists. The National Gallery’s Curator of Australian Prints and Drawings, Dr Sa...
The Showa period is term for the post WWI era to the 1989, which saw further changes and developments in Japan, including those of the post-WWII period and the early Bubble era. Read on to find out about what exactly Showa is, and what it means to the Ja
Chiho Aoshima Makes Her Museum Solo Debut with “Rebirth of the World” Chiho Aoshima,Japanese art,Kaikai Kiki,Takashi Murakami May 2, 2015 Tomoyoshi Sakamoto’s Paintings of Tokyo Girls April 29, 2015 Preview: “Bésame Mucho” by Tomoo Gokita at Honor Fraser Gallery ...
It then follows that literally all of Buddhist thought—the five skandhās themselves, theeighteen dhātusof objects/sense faculties/consciousness that operate through the skandhās, thetwelve nidanasof causes and effects that provide the basis for birth and rebirth in this world of suffering, theFou...
The term Butchō, Butcho, or Butchōson 仏頂尊 literally means "Buddha Crown." It refers to a class of Esoteric deities who personify the bump of knowledge (Skt. = Usnisa) atop the Buddha’s head; the Butchō embody the power of the light emitted from that bump; they often appear ...
Nanda was amazed and realized that the Apsaras made Janapadakalyani look like the ugly monkey in comparison. The Buddha then told Nanda that if he maintained a steady practice and remained a monk his reward would be rebirth among these heavenly maidens. The maidens were in fact preparing a ...