Art and religion used to be inseparable from each other. With art as a means, spiritual experiences can be elevated, and by the same token, artistic creation must be driven by a similar sense of spiritual commitment from which the ever-transcending force of aspiration is sprung and nourished. In 2007, Zuni explored art and religion as well as the spiritual space with chanting, live music and multimedia design in the first performance of Life Insight Theatre Series Hua-yen Sutra. In 2008, the show was re-run under the title Hua-yen Sutra – Mind as a Skilful Painter with new arrangements on performance and music. The show further created "the Buddha's Light" using various sources of lights including stage lighting and digital image projection, which were then put into live interaction with language, calligraphy, music and installation. The Sanskrit chanting, conducted by a group of venerable Buddhist monastics together with other performers and accompanied by live music, vividly rendered the broadness and vastness of the World of Hua-yen.