In this video [3:52] discover the sacred arts of Tibet. Tibetans don't really have a word for art; the term is Gunda, something which is like the body of the Buddha. A painting or a statue is not considered complete and unless it's been...

One of the earliest images of the seated Buddha. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, looks at how Buddhism set about creating the classic image to represent the real life Buddha, who lived and roamed around North India in the...

Head of a Buddha statue from Borobudur in Java. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, examines a stone head from Borobudur, one of the world's greatest monuments. He looks at the monument, which is built from one-and-a-half...