Hotei, a Japanese god who carries a large sack, has come to be identified with Santa Claus – except that he brings the ...

[10] The hierarch describes the more important schools of Japanese Buddhism. The first of them he determines as the school of Zen, which, “as a sect that came from China, it likes to boast of its ...

The Zen monk who became the Laughing Buddha One of the names for the Laughing Buddha is “Cloth Bag,” which is pronounced ...

Embrace the beauty and simplicity of grass in Japanese zen garden design. Discover how these elegant elements can create ...

Buddhists throughout the world celebrate Bodhi Day, but they do not all celebrate Siddhartha’s enlightenment on Dec. 8. In ...

Others, such as Zen, gained popularity among the warriors. Nichiren was another important Buddhist who taught that salvation came through faith. A nationalist, he taught that, although Buddhism had ...

The resurgence of Japanese fiction owes much to the controversial genius of Yukio Mishima. Drew Forrest re-examines his final ...

Kanho Yasukuji, a Japanese Zen monk and musician, started to blend Buddhism and music and released his music piece featuring Heart Sutra in 2016. His performance was broadcast via YouTube in 2017 ...

In Japan, Hotei is also known as Hotei oshō, or “monk Hotei,” which refers to his origin as a 10th-century Chinese monk. Hotei belongs to the Zen school of Buddhism, which celebrates simplicity and ...

Zen Buddhism, a branch of Buddhism, emphasises direct experience, meditation and mindfulness as pathways to enlightenment. Originating in China as Chan Buddhism, it later spread to Japan ...