UPDATE: FPMT Shares News on Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Craig C Lewis
17 April 2023
The Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT) has shared some updates regarding Lama Zopa Rinpoche, who died in Nepal last week.
Revered Buddhist Scholar and FPMT Founder Lama Zopa Rinpoche Has Died
Craig C Lewis
13 April 2023
The revered Gelug master, Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche died in Nepal at 9:30 on Thursday morning.
Je Khenpo Confers MAs on First Cohort of Monks from Bhutan’s Postgraduate Program in Buddhist Studies
Craig C Lewis
6 March 2023
His Holiness the Je Khenpo conferred master’s degrees on 30 monks representing the first cohort from Bhutan’s post-graduate program in Buddhist studies.
Dancing to Enlightenment: Drukpa Nuns Bring New Energy to the Songs of Realization
Karen Greenspan
28 February 2023
An exploration of tantric song and dance practices at Druk Amitabha Mountain Nunnery on the outskirts of Kathmandu
Bhutan Nuns Foundation Shares Updates on BNF Training & Resource Centre for Buddhist Nuns
Craig C Lewis
13 January 2023
The Bhutan Nuns Foundation, which works to educate and empower Buddhist nuns, has shared some updates on the foundation’s new Training & Resource Center.
Four-year-old Boy in Himachal Pradesh Identified as Reincarnation of Taklung Tsetrul Rinpoche
Craig C Lewis
30 November 2022
Senior Buddhist lamas have identified a young boy in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh as the reincarnation of the revered lama Taklung Tsetrul
What Gets Burned When the Torch Is Passed?
Joseph Houseal
26 November 2022
Of dance and transmission; of lineages and legacies old and new
IBC Invites Delegation of Senior Buddhist Monks from Bhutan to Visit India
Craig C Lewis
23 November 2022
The International Buddhist Confederation (IBC), in coordination with the Zhung Dratshang, the Central Monastic Body of Bhutan, is hosting a delegation of 24 senior monks
Buddhist Kingdom of Bhutan Hosts Fourth International Vajrayana Conference
Craig C Lewis
12 October 2022
The Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan launched the fourth International Conference on Vajrayana Buddhism in the capital Thimphu earlier this month—the first time in three years
The Chakravartin
John Harvey Negru
11 October 2022
A Buddhist reflection on the passing of Queen Elizabeth II and the way we might relate to royals and great Buddhist leaders going forward
Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche on Biodiversity Conservation and the Illegal Wildlife Trade
Sonam Dema
22 August 2022
A conversation on the Buddhist view on biodiversity, respect for wildlife, and ecological conservation
Buddhistdoor View: 21 June – Auspicious Conditions to Grow the Bhikshuni Order
Buddhistdoor Global
2 July 2022
Why the ordination of women on the summer solstice in Bhutan is so important