


Monklife, Part Three: Mantra, Mudra, Movement, Mask – Steps to Embodiment
Vessels of an ancient lineage

Monklife, Part Two: An Obstacle Clearing Ritual
Transmission of the Accomplishment of Mani…

Immortality and Invincibility, Part Two: Notions of the Body, Concrete and Subtle
Conceiving the human form in Buddhist and Taoist thought


Dancing, Healing, and Spiritual Realization, Part Five: Epilogue
Spiritual healing, transmissions, and…

Ritual Readying – Dancing, Healing, and Spiritual Realization, Part Two
Wisdom of the Ayurveda

World Peace! Thumbs Up! Some Martial Aspects of Buddhist Dance
A closer look at martial behavior in Vajrayana…

Self-reflection in Kashmir
The world is beset by what are often called “intractable problems.” Agitation and response seem to run in circles of escalating violence, with little apparent

Dances of the Luminous Bardo
A most amazing mural is painted on a six-meter-high cylinder on the second floor of Dungtse Lhakhang in Paro, Bhutan. The temple was designed by

Invisible Twice: A Lost Dance Mural
The organization I direct, Core of Culture, which had already worked with Tantric Buddhist monks in other parts of the Himalayas, was invited to undertake

Finding Excellence, Part 5: A Buddhist Land
There are not so many places left on Earth where the population is virtually 100 per cent Tantric Buddhist. Spiti Valley in Himachal Pradesh, India,