The Temple of the Wild Geese, a semi-autobiographical account of Mizukami's childhood, tells the tale of Jinen, a Buddhist monk raised by villagers after his mo

The genre of poems that may be read both forward and backward, producing different creations was known as the "flight of wild geese." These poems were often sen

A look at one of China's oldest cities. Sites covered in this volume: Drum Tower, Big Wild Goose Pagoda Fountain Square North of the Da Ci’en, E-Pang Palace,

Since the first century, when Buddhism entered China, the foreign religion has influenced and been influenced in turn by traditional Chinese culture, and eventu

Buddhism has been practiced in Canada for more than a century and in recent years has grown dramatically. Immigrant communities construct temples in Canada's ur