A new website housing documentaries on the Buddhist Teaching, the associated cultures, mainly in Asia, and films about ecology, and human and animal rights.
Golden Buddha Statues on Photo Dharma
A university trip to Songkhla and Wat Phranon Laem Pho which houses some fine Golden Buddha statues.
The Enumeration and Explanation of the Conditions
Publication of Buddhist Wisdom Verses
Throughout 2009 and the early part of 2010 I worked on a text and translation of a collection of verses made by the Svejin Nikāya’s former Mahānāhimi, Ven. Rerukane Candavimala, who was one of the leading scholar monks in Sri Lanka in the 20th century. The Svejin Nikāya is my ordination sect, and Ven Rerukane…
Buddha of the Western Lands, Khlong Ngae, Sadao
High-definition creative commons photographs from a small but colourful Chinese temple in Sadao District, Thailand, showing the decoration work, together with some further information
Audio Flipbook of Arahat Sanghamitta’s Story
Pan and Zoom Slideshows now on all pages on the Photo Dharma website
Two New Chanting Texts on Ancient Buddhist Texts
Publication of two new short chanting texts on the Ancient Buddhist Texts website; the Prajñāpāramitā-Hṛdaya, the Heart of the Perfection of Wisdom, and the Tigumbacetiyathomanā – Praise of the Tigumba Shrine.
Audio Flipbook of The Life of the Victorious Buddha
A video with a reading and flipbook presentation of The Life of the Victorious Buddha, a medieval poem relating the Buddha biography in the Theravada tradition.
Photographs from Chedi Traiphop Traimongkhon
New photographs from the stainless steel Chedi Traiphop Traimongkhon in Hatyai, showing the unique structure and the fine murals found inside.
Arahat Sanghamitta’s Story now published
Photo Dharma now supports Tablets and Phones
A remake of the Photo Dharma website so that it is now responsive to screen size and can be viewed on tablets and smartphones.
Photos of Stupas and other remains along the Pilgrimage Route in India
Photographs from the Patna Museum
Photographs from Bodhgaya
Photographs from in and around Bodhgaya, including nearly 100 photographs from the Mahabodhi temple.
Bhante Anandajoti: Representing the Buddha
A video based on a talk about the scriptural and sculptural respresentations of the Buddha as they developed over the years, which is illustrated with relevant texts, maps and photographs.
Indian Buddhist Art Schools (6 Maps)
A new set of six maps showing the main schools of Buddhist Art in India and their provenance, together with further information about the schools.
Photographs from Nalanda University
Photographs from Rajgir
Report of a trip to the many pilgrimage sites around the old capital of Magadha, Rajgir, where the Buddha was given his first monastery and gave many of his discourses.