Becoming Heruka
Joseph Houseal
8 August 2026
Joseph Houseal witnesses the cham of the wrathful protector Heruka, and reflects on the years of monastic discipline that make the transformation possible
Garchen Buddhist Institute Requests Prayers for HE Garchen Rinpoche
Craig Lewis
27 July 2026
Garchen Buddhist Institute has announced that His Eminence Garchen Triptrul Rinpoche, the Eighth Garchen Rinpoche and one of the most senior lamas of the Drikung
The Snow Lion’s Attributes
Joseph Houseal
16 May 2026
Joseph Houseal introduces a profoundly significant new project to reconstruct formal documentation of the ritual dance heritage of the Drikung Kagyu tradition.
Revered Senior Tibetan Buddhist Lama Ayang Rinpoche Has Died, Aged 83
Craig Lewis
13 December 2024
The widely revered senior Tibetan lama, His Eminence Chöje Ayang Tulku Rinpoche died in Mysore, Karnataka, India, on 4 December. He was 82 years old.
Mystical Dances in the Kingdom of Bhutan, Part 2: Cham is Deity Yoga in Action
Joseph Houseal
9 November 2024
Joseph Houseal continues his three-part exploration of the manifestations of sacred ritual dance in Bhutan
Moonbeams of Mahāmudrā: Perspectives on a New Translation by Elizabeth Callahan
Raymond Lam
29 July 2019
A comprehensive new translation of an eminent work
Tibetan Book of the Dead, Part Three: One Last Dance
Joseph Houseal
2 June 2017
Sometimes, dance is what philosophy looks like. Only rarely in my long years of dance research has a painted image been so arresting with its
Khenmo Konchog Nyima Drolma: Serving the Dharma and Sowing the Seeds of Monasticism in the West
Harsha Menon, MA, MFA
12 May 2017
There is a Western Tibetan nun presently working to establish a Tibetan Buddhist nunnery in the US state of Maine. Khenmo Konchog Nyima Drolma is the
The Great Shravasti Buddhist Cultural Assembly
Joseph Houseal
3 March 2017
Shravasti was a dynamo of a city in the ancient world, home to nearly 1 million people in the Buddha’s lifetime during the 6th century
Fifteen Good Years
Joseph Houseal
11 September 2015
I first traveled to Ladakh in the western Himalaya 15 years ago, after being invited by a lama I met on the beach in front