In ancient India, the lives of the re plagued by drought, famine, constant warfare and the injustices of the strict caste system. The intertwining lives of many unhappy souls are drawn together by the ...

Throughout the villages and cities of Southeast Asia, millions are preparing this week for a celebration that will be a landmark in their lives — the 2,500th anniversary of the death of the Buddha, ...

2500 years ago, in India, Siddhartha was born as a prince of the Shakya clan, but he gives up his position as a prince to see the world. He meets a strange boy named Assaji, who can predict the future ...

Sopheap Pich, “Buddha 2” (2009), rattan, wire, dye, 100 x 29 x 9 in / 254 x 73.7 x 22.9 cm (The Metropolitan Museum of Art) (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic unless otherwise noted) A figure ...