Round and red with scowling expressions, the dolls represent the Bodhidharma (or, “Daruma” in Japanese), the fifth-century monk who founded Zen Buddhism.. Followers believe that the monk ...

Round and red with scowling expressions, the dolls represent the Bodhidharma (or, “Daruma” in Japanese), the fifth-century monk who founded Zen Buddhism.. Followers believe that the monk ...

The Shaolin Temple, nestled in the Songshan mountain range of Central China's Henan Province, is renowned not only as a sacred site of Zen Buddhism but also as the birthplace of the renowned ...

Wu-Tang Clan's RZA discusses how Debussy, Leonard Bernstein and Bill Evans inspired ‘A Ballet Through Mud,’ his first classical music album.

An installation view of “None Whatsoever: Zen Paintings From the Gitter-Yelen Collection,” at the Japan Society. Center, Yamaoka Tesshu’s “Iroha,” 19th century, a folding screen version ...

On Kano Masanobu's 'Bodhidharma in Red Robes' (late 15th century). Kano Masanobu, Bodhidharma in Red Robes (late 15th century). Image courtesy the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The work I picked is ...

Bodhidharma The Pioneer The semi-legendary founder of the Zen branch within Mahayana Buddhism is believed to have been a native of South India.In the sixth century, he journeyed to China to impart ...

Bodhidharma is said to have stared at a wall in meditation for nine years, growing so frustrated when he lapsed into sleep that he cut off his eyelids (take that, Van Gogh!). According to legend, his ...