Exploring Greek Influence on East Asian Buddhist and Zen Art
Early Gandharan sculpture reveals extensive Greek cultural influence on Buddhist iconography. Recent scholarship indicates that the Greco-Indian kingdoms of Central Asia extended their artistic and cultural influence farther than previously recognized. In this talk Andy Ferguson will show how those kingdoms and their Greek heritage impacted the development of early Mahayana Buddhism, linking them to the cultures of South Asia and to the art and architecture of Chan (Zen) temples in China.
Andy Ferguson is the author of many acclaimed books on Zen Buddhism, including Zen's Chinese Heritage: The Masters and Their Teachings, and Tracking Bodhidharma. He has located and visited many little-known Chinese Zen Temple sites. He travels widely in China and leads tours that explore China's ancient religious cultures.
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