At first glance, there’s nothing especially miraculous about this round piece of bronze. Its surface is tarnished, its colors ...

I am Midori Sato, a traveler of blessings and a retreat guide. Recently, I visited the 1250th Anniversary Exhibition, "Kukai ...

Recently, I have had more opportunities to research time, light, quantum computers, and other topics for my note articles. As I did so, I noticed that I was encountering the same number in quite a few ...

The Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) launched its first-ever International Lantern Spectacular today (17 September) at Victoria Park. Featuring more than 3,000 distinctive lanterns from 20 countries and ...

Wat Arun, formally known as Wat Arun Ratchawararam Ratchawaramahawihan, is a riverside Buddhist temple in Bangkok whose ...

The Japanese character for ma (間), for space, gap, interval, or pause, combines the character for “gate” (門) with “sun” below (日), creating the shape of light coming through a doorway. In this image, ...

If you’d like to share your plans for your mortal remains, we’ll share it on a future episode. Send us an email at feedback ...

Shwezigon Pagoda near Bagan in Myanmar anchors an early Theravada Buddhist landscape, its golden stupa rising over brick terraces beside the Ayeyarwady River.

China’s Jingdezhen porcelain sites were inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List in 2026. The city has been a center of ...

I am so thankful for my religion. But I want to put particular emphasis on one word in that sentence: my. Because no one else ...

Chinese porcelain artist Chen Qing has a vivid memory of her grandfather. It was the only time he wrote down the formula for her family’s distinctive red pigment. He asked her mother to memorize it ...