In 2003, Core of Culture’s dance research expedition team began a five-year project to survey and document the Buddhist dances of the Himalayan kingdom of
A Garland of Views* couples the root text of a key chapter in the Guhyagarbha Tantra (The essence of secrets tantra), the primary tantra of the Mahayoga
I recently had a chance to visit the Wonder* art exhibition at the Renwick Gallery in Washington, DC, which comprises two floors filled with large-scale, site-specific
During my years of watching and analyzing the Buddhist world, one observation has consistently come to mind: Buddhists have been slow to make art for
A member of the Bhutanese Royal Family, Princess Ashi Kesang Choden T. Wangchuck is executive director of Bhutan’s Thangka Conservation Center and a scholar of
A 2008 article in The New York Times asked the provocative question whether Buddhism in Japan “may be dying out” (Onishi 2008). Unlike other, frequent claims that
The broader meaning of faith in Buddhism Religion, in its simplistic definition in the Western world, is synonymous with faith. Many religions talk about an
For more than three decades, I have researched and explored the mind and consciousness. My investigations have included pharmaceutical lab work with mind-altering substances and
“Since I was 14, I’ve been looking for community,” says Kaira Jewel Lingo. A former Zen Buddhist nun, Lingo is now a lay teacher living
What was it about the Panama Papers that made people so angry? Leaking of classified information and geopolitical deceit aside, it is because the public
The Mogao Caves, located near Dunhuang in the Gobi Desert in northwest China, comprise nearly 500 Buddhist cave temples dating from the 4th to the
For the last three years, I have been conducting a photographic investigation of the life, culture, circumstances, traditions, and the new homes, settlements, and monasteries
