Tradition and Innovation in Contemporary Lao Textiles

The foundation for Buddhism without borders

Reflecting on the contemporary presentations of Buddhism within the Western context, particularly from the Tibetan traditions, this paper presents Buddhism from a ‘living tradition’ perspective arguing that the principle which links Buddhism across space and time is the concern with ‘lived experience.’ This perspective highlights the origins of Buddhism in the Buddha’s experience, and serves to...

Problem of Evil in Taoism

This paper attempts to present the Taoist understanding of evil. In the Taoist tradition, especially in Tao Te Ching, evil is divided into two categories: causal evil and consequential evil. Causal evils are those evils that are said to be the causes of other evils; consequential evils are those that are said to be the consequences of the causal evils. Causal evils originate from human will, an...

Oral Criticism/ Review of the book Form the Whisper of Tradition to the Charm of the Pop: An Investigation in Contemporary Iranian Music by Alireza Miralinaghi and Arvin SedaghatKish

Modernism in Iranian Art: A Review of Investigating the Contemporary Iranian Art, Masoomeh Babajani and Seyyed Saeed Ahmadi Zavieh

Modernism in Iranian Art: A Review of Investigating the Contemporary Iranian Art Masoumeh Babajani  Master of Science in Arts Research [email protected]   Seyyed Saeed Ahmadizavieh  Faculty Member of the University of Art [email protected]   Abstract   Investigating the Contemporary Iranian Art is an attempt for a systematic analysis of Iranian art, culture and society, which h...

Traditional Textile Design for Social Innovation Toward Sustainability in Japan

Introduction Production of traditional textiles by local communities often tends to become too traditional and old-fashioned separating from our lives and social life. However they are made of natural materials in safe and good quality, so-called earth-friendly materials. Reexamining such traditional textiles are going to be significant for the sustainable life and society in our times and in t...