Painting master Kinzang Chojay’s latest masterpiece at Yonphula University depicts 117 scenes in Padmasambhava’s magnificent story
As Bhutan prepares to raise 108 stupas in a single day, Linda Leaming reflects on what happens when legend becomes reality
Bhutan’s ambitious “Project 108”: a crowdfunded undertaking to build 108 Buddhist stupas in Gelephu Mindfulness City, has met with overwhelming support.
Linda Leaming reflects on conservation and interconnection, and why even the tigers have sought refuge in Bhutan.
This year’s Vesak marks the Third Turning of the Dharma Wheel according to the Kalachakra tradition, making May 1 particularly potent
Joseph Houseal speaks with performer, scholar, theorist, and mask-maker Graham Shackell on Bhutan’s precious Buddhist heritage of masked rituals
When Namgay and I married 26 years ago, we had a plan to visit the United States. And so he needed a passport. I sat
Held to celebrate His Majesty the Fifth King’s forty-sixth birthday, the Vajrakilaya Great Accomplishment Ritual sweeps away all obstacles
Linda Leaming offers a meditation on compassion and courage in the face of suffering and impermanence
A look at rural village life in Bhutan and the local practices and rituals that bind communities and preserve folk culture
Tiffani Gyatso offers a rethinking of embodiment and intimacy, sexuality and presence through through a tantric lens
Linda Leaming offers a reflection on the quiet grace and gentle strength of female monastics in Bhutan, and the movement to restore full female ordination
