Why Does Guanyin Have So Many Arms and Faces?
Explore Guanyin's thousand hands and eyes, eleven-faced images, and the religious texts behind them, with a six-armed Tibetan sculpture as a comparison.
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Explore Buddhist topics that connect philosophy, daily life, modern questions, and cultural context in a more open-ended way
Joining Group Therapy: A Buddhist View of Shame and Support
Prepare for group therapy with questions about format, participation, and confidentiality. Bring Buddhist care to shame without forcing disclosure.
The Enso Circle: How to Look at Zen Painting
Explore enso through paintings by Sengai and Gesshu: the brush, the inscription, a dot inside the circle, and meanings a cropped symbol can miss.
The Five Buddha Families in Tibetan Buddhist Art
Identify the five Buddha families through colors, directions, and two different mandala arrangements, with a Tibetan ritual crown as a concrete example.
The Four Heavenly Kings in Buddhist Temples
Meet the Four Heavenly Kings through the Golden Light Sutra, a complete group at Yakushiji, and a single Japanese guardian in the Met collection.
The Buddha's Ushnisha, Urna, and Other Marks
Understand the Buddha's head bump, forehead mark, and long ears through named sculptures and the ancient discourse on the thirty-two marks.
Why Can Some Japanese Buddhist Priests Marry?
Understand Japanese Buddhist clerical marriage through Shinran, the 1872 policy change, temple families, and the distinction from bhikkhu vows.
Colonoscopy Anxiety Before the Prep, the Procedure, and the Possible News
Colonoscopy anxiety can involve prep dread, embarrassment, sedation fear, cancer fear, and waiting. Buddhism helps steady the second arrow while medical care stays central.