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BUDDHIST ART: THE LATER TRADITION. Also at the Sackler is this comprehensive exhibit of Buddhist art from China, Korea, Japan, Tibet, and India that spans over a thousand years. Surveying the transmission of Buddhism throughout East Asia from the 10th through the 18th centuries, the exhibit features 72 pieces, including scroll paintings, Buddhist “sutras,” or sacred texts, Chinese censers, and Tibetan bell handles. See full story in last week’s issue. Through Sept. 7. Hours: Mondays through Saturdays, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Sundays...
...Buddhist Art: The Later Tradition” surveys the transmission of Buddhism throughout Southeast Asia and documents developments in Buddhist iconography. A variety of objects from China, Korea, Japan, Tibet and India provides a comprehensive view of Buddhist art from the 10th through 18th centuries...
...three small galleries both explore developments in Buddhism and survey its transmission in East Asia from the 10th through 18th centuries. The three rooms chart Buddhism’s progress chronologically, with each room presenting a wide variety of objects – scroll paintings, wooden and bronze statuary, ceramics, ritual objects and figurines. “I hope visitors see the evolution of Buddhist iconographic types and regional and national styles,” said Mowry...
...next over several centuries. Said Mowry, “I wanted to make sure the objects worked well together both intellectually and visually.” And, indeed, the exhibit’s visual variety and geographical diversity provides both aesthetic pleasure and insight into the history of Buddhism...
...have someone who's perfect up there, when you're looking at a so-called perfect being, it doesn't make you happy yourself. You think, 'Oh, I'm imperfect. He's perfect. I can never be like him.' And that's totally and absolutely nothing to do with Buddhism. It's completely a cultural habit. And this is something we have to break." In the evenings, with shooting complete, his foreign crew members?mostly Buddhist students of his?hold workshops for aspiring Bhutanese filmmakers in a woodstove-heated tent. Here the revered teacher sheds his usual air of pensive...