Karma & Merit in Buddhist Art

The Asia Society in New York City just opened a new exhibit, on February 10 featuring Buddhist art from Myanmar. The exhibit will run until mid-May 2015.

The New York Times calls the exhibit “quietly majestic” and notes that “even if your interest is strictly aesthetic or historical, the show is a find, because chances are you won’t have seen much of this kind of art before.”

In the clip above, Donald M. Stadtner, one of two guest curators of the exhibit talks about the significance of karma and merit in Buddhism and its influence on art.

It’s a fascinating talk and a terrific review of some of the Buddhist art in the exhibition.