This is a book review of Silver Screen Buddha, Buddhism in Asian and Western Film by Sharon A. Suh. This book review is available in Journal of Religion & Film: http://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/jrf/vol19/iss2/4 For anyone interested in the growing study of Buddhism and film, I recommend Sharon A. Suh’s Silver Screen Buddha: Buddhism in Asian and Western Film. This is the third study in English...

The art of storytelling, similar to poetry, takes us to a different realm, yet always bringing us back to where we are. In many traditional societies, ethical concerns were taught through stories. A few stories from the Buddhist tradition have been selected to convey some basic teachings of the Buddha on ethical issues. This does not mean that these few stories capture the whole of Buddhist eth...

Master Hsing Yun advocated Humanistic Buddhism in the hope that people can apply Buddhist teachings and practice methods real life to solve various problems life. The concepts of are embodied Eight Paths Pagoda Buddha Memorial Hall Taiwan. eight pagodas Fo Guang Shan, Taiwan named: (1) One Teaching, (2) Two Assemblies, (3) Three Goodness, (4) Four Givings, (5) Five Harmonies, (6) Six Perfection...

Background: The world is in the grip of numerous conflicts which are among nations such as Israel-Palestine conflict, North Korea-South Korea rivalry and also within Syrian crisis, secessionist movements Kashmir, East India. Also terrorism radicalism posing a threat to peace security world. Objectives Research 1. To analyse role Buddha's non-violence promoting peace. 2. how far controlling one'...

This article analyses Sunil Sigdel’s painting “Peace Owners II,” a portrayal of three major political leaders our time; Donald J. Trump, Vladimir Putin, and Kim Jong Un, from the holistic level structure, meaning, discourse. To interpret painting, it utilizes Erwin Panofsky’s “art interpretation theory,” which examines visual art in pre-iconographical, iconographical, iconological description, ...