During Cambodia’s Angkor period (802-1351 CE), Parvati was known primarily as Uma (Sanskrit: “Tranquility” or “Splendor”) and occupied an...

Though it fell centuries ago, the mighty Khmer Empire (9th-15th centuries CE) had an indelible impact on Thai and Cambodian religion that...

One of the Eight Great Bodhisattvas of Buddhism, Manjushri is the Bodhisattva of Wisdom and is a major figure in the Mahayana and...

Bodhidharma, also called Dámó in China and Daruma in Japan, was a Buddhist monk and martial arts master that lived during the 5th and/or...

Mahakala (Sanskrit for “Great One Beyond Time”) is a wrathful protector deity worshipped by both Hindus and Buddhists. A fearsome and...

Developing in the 4th century BCE, the tenets of Taoism proved to be naturally complementary to Chan (Chinese Zen) Buddhism, most notably...