But that wasn't always the case. The legendary Sohei warrior monks of medieval Japan were quite the opposite of the image of ...
SWAT: Junsei Terasawa, a prominent Buddhist monk from Japan, on Sunday emphasised the profound historical and cultural connections between the ancient region of Gandhara and Japan, particularly in ...
But other aspects of traditional life remained unchanged ... recalled that his great-grandfather talked about the time a Japanese monk crossed the Gopukhar La pass into Tibet.
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 ...