In this curious yet insightful volume, translator Schodt (Dreamland Japan) explores the historical, religious, and cultural aspects of one of the shortest texts in the Buddhist canon. The Heart Sutra ...

Renowned composer Tan Dun sets ancient Buddhist cave paintings to music, fusing Western and Eastern musical traditions, ...

Kerr (Lost Japan) delivers a meticulous and personal examination of the Heart Sutra, the influential Buddhist scripture from the seventh century CE. Kerr interprets the sutra line by line, tying its ...

Fung Ming-Chip was born in Guangdong, China and grew up in Hong Kong eventually moving to New York, US. He is very influenced by Western abstract art, which spurned his desire to explore a modernist ...