The sun has barely touched the green hill of Druk Amitabha to the west of Kathmandu, Nepal, and already the paths to the nunnery resound
Buddha’s Daughters is a diverse collection of teachings by some of Buddhism’s big names. Popular writers like Sharon Salzberg, Jan Chozen Bays, Tara Brach, and Pema
“If we are serious about becoming the masters of our minds and emotions, instead of the slaves of our minds and emotions, if we are
Have you ever considered that your Buddhist practice could actually result in the development of physical abnormalities like those of the Buddha: a fist-sized cranial
Bent on enlightenment, wrathful and playful, a dakini seduces, wills, and tugs practitioners toward wisdom. Dakini Power, a recent book by German journalist Michaela Haas, explores the feminine dakini ideal
“Fluttering Merrily” by Otagaki Rengetsu, Japan, 1840s–50s, calligraphy and painting in ink on paper mounted as a hanging scroll; Private Collection, Switzerland
I almost never woke up to the five o’clock gong—the first gong of the day in a life, if not ruled by the gong, then
The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Dissertation Fellowships in Buddhist Studies are a series of grants awarded to some of the most intriguing studies
All religious traditions claim to exert moral and spiritual authority. Most of the great world faiths also like to believe they are aligned with the
Her story reads like a fairytale. Via her mother’s ancestry, she has royal blood flowing from the line of Songsten Gampo’s minister Lonpo Ghar. Her great-grandfather,
The first time I heard of metta, the cultivation of loving-kindness taught by the Buddha, was at my first meditation retreat in Ladakh, India. It was
Editor’s note: Ven. Karma Lekshe Tsomo is the Branch and Chapter Coordinator of Sakyadhita International Association of Buddhist Women. In this series of seven questions
