The extraordinary story of a reborn master and son of the royal Bhutanese family, prince-turned-monk and great hope of the Buddhist world
A look at rural village life in Bhutan and the local practices and rituals that bind communities and preserve folk culture
Behind the making of a film series about Guru Rinpoche: Laurence Brahm on a journey to bring the Eight Manifestations to the world
An encounter with the work of Indigenous artist Rose B. Simpson reveals how art, like Buddhist practice, can become a path of investigation
Joseph Houseal explores spiritual dance in the “Shaker” community of Maine
Senior Buddhologist Richard Jaffe engages in a systematic and comprehensive study of Japanese Buddhism’s most remarkable phenomenon
A journey from Thimphu to Hong Kong, to learn from one of Bhutan’s great Nyingma lineage holders and embodiments of Guru Rinpoche
Shambhala Studio founder and director Laurence Brahm launches his new column on BDG with a bang: specifically, a lightning strike
How Buddhism spread from ancient Magadha and became Asia’s most widespread religious tradition, before going global and reviving in India
The role of the Buddha’s stepmother in transforming the Buddha’s early movement by helping to establish the women’s order is unsurpassed
Joseph Houseal shares his recollection of a serendipitous meeting of minds, of ancient and modern, and a shared love for the liminal mysteries of dance
A series with sociologist and ethnographer Dr. Caroline Starkey about the past and present of British Buddhist converts
