Buddha Purnima 2022: This year, it was celebrated on May 16. The symbolic gestures (Mudras) through the iconography of Buddha image to evoke particular ideas during Buddhist meditation or rituals. On ...

To admire the spectacular Buddha statues in Longmen Grottoes, the treasure house of ancient Buddhist cave art, one has to understand the unmissable hand mudras of the Buddhas. A mudra refers to a ...

It is also called as the gesture of ‘Teaching of the Wheel of Dharma’ that describes one of the most important moments in the Buddha’s life as he performed the Dharmachakra mudra in his first sermon ...

Whether in the form of a wall painting, statue, or some other religious artifact, an image of Buddha is meant to serve as an inspiration to Buddhists and as a way to honor and remember Shakyamuni, the ...

In Chinese restaurants I always see statues of Buddha with long earlobes. I sometimes ask the folks who work there what significance this has. So far, even the Buddhists (three now) have no idea. Do ...

The Vairocana Buddha in Longmen Grottoes and the "earth witness" mudra [Photo / Longmen Grottoes on WeChat] The bhūmisparśa, or "earth witness" mudra, is one of the most common iconic images of ...