Exploring the Healing Practices of Tibetan Buddhism: Interview with Tulku Lobsang
According to Buddhist belief, the mind is the creator of all problems, including physical sickness. The traditional Buddhist method of dealing with diseases thus combines
Tibetan Book of the Dead, Part Three: One Last Dance
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
Tibetan Book of the Dead, Part Two: The Hour of Our Death
The first metaphysical thing I learned about Buddhist Cham dance was that the same monstrous deities appearing in the annual Cham performance will appear again
Meritorious Gifts at Tibetan Buddhist Centers in France: Some Paradoxes
Buddhism has become an established part of the Western religious landscape, although as recently as the 20th century it was difficult for many people to imagine
The Way of the Bodhisattvas
It is important to ask questions of ourselves, such as is it enough to only practice meditation or sadhana on the cushion? Are we becoming self-indulging Dharma
Rediscovering Lamaism — The Western Relationship with Tibetan Buddhism
In 1895, a British army officer published a book titled The Buddhism of Tibet: Or Lamaism, with Its Mystic Cults, Symbolism and Mythology, and in its
The Kalachakra Effect — Why is the Kalachakra Initiation So Popular?
Insights into one of Tibetan Buddhism’s most captivating…
The Great Shravasti Buddhist Cultural Assembly
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
Anam Thubten Rinpoche On Non-attachment, Being a Buddhist Gypsy, and Impermanence
Dharmic insights for urban Buddhists
Katog Choling Mountain Retreat Center: the Dharma Takes Root
Some eight miles (13 kilometers) outside of Jasper, a small town in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas, a new Tibetan Buddhist community is taking root.
The Contemporary Newar Art Movement of the Kathmandu Valley
“No other people on earth, Watson, has produced such intricate beauty in as small a space as the Valley of Katmandu. One trenchant observer has