"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The Hungry Ghost Festival, an annual celebration that takes place during the seventh month of the Chinese ...

Part I Signs from the Unseen Realm and Buddhist Miracle Tales in Early Medieval China 1 -- Introduction 1 -- Wang Yan and the Making of Mingxiang ji 7 -- Miracle Tales and the Communities That ...

The UCSC Theater Arts Department will present Before Becoming Buddha: Jataka Tales of the Previous Lives–a collection of Buddhist stories from Southeast Asia told through music, dance, masks, dialogue ...

The Buddhist tale Twelve Sisters forms the basis of this speculative folk tale that scrutinises our existence on this planet, depicting a generation adrift between mythical and earthly realms. Parinda ...

An early silhouette animated film by Hidehiko Okuda, Hakusan Kimura and Tomu Uchida. The original story is a Buddhist tale of a young lady who saved a crab (a spiritual being according to Japanese ...