EditorialSpain: 'At the Clarion of the Fifth Angel's Trumpet, a Star Falls from the Sky; the Bottomless Pit is Opened with a Key; Emerging from the Smoke, Locusts Come Upon the Earth and Torment the Deathless'. Illuminated page from a copy of the 'Commentary on th
EditorialA monk meditates underneath statues of Buddha, including one carved from jade, at Wat Buddha Thai Thavorn Vanaram, a Buddhist temple in the Elmhurst neighborhood of Queens, on Sept. 18, 2022. (Ruth Fremson/the New York Times)
EditorialChina / Japan: Xuanzang (Hsuan-tsang, c. 602 – 664) was a famous Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, traveler and translator who travelled to India seeking Buddhist knowledge during the early Tang Dynasty. Hanging scroll painting, Kamakura Period (14th cent
EditorialFilipp Avdeev, left, and Gurgen Tsaturyan in rehearsals for ?The Black Monk,? by the dissident Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov, at the Thalia Theater in Hamburg, Germany, Jan. 20, 2022. (Hayley Austin/The New York Times)