PUMA Campaign Features 40 Buddhist Monks at Ladakh’s Thiksey Monastery
Justin Whitaker
10 September 2026
Forty Buddhist monks appear in a new sportswear campaign photographed at Thiksey Monastery
Buddhistdoor View: Unity Over Division Amid the Nepal-Tibet Floods
Buddhistdoor Global
5 September 2026
If the Tibetan Plateau is the Roof of the World, then we live under it and unity amidst climate disaster is more needed than ever
Portals to Nirvana: Peter van Ham’s Rediscovery of an Ancient Technology
Rebecca Wong
4 September 2026
Rebecca Wong explores Peter van Ham’s photography of ancient monasteries at Tabo, Charang, Alchi, and Nako in Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh
Bhutan: Where the Tigers Found Refuge
Linda Leaming
14 May 2026
Linda Leaming reflects on conservation and interconnection, and why even the tigers have sought refuge in Bhutan.
Landmark Exhibit of Artifacts from Sakya Monastery Opens at Palace Museum, Beijing
Raymond Lam
5 March 2026
This new exhibit is the result of an unprecedented collaboration between the monks of Sakya Monastery and the Palace Museum
My Encounter with the Lotus-Born Master: The Power of a Single Thought
Laurence Brahm
2 January 2026
Shambhala Studio founder and director Laurence Brahm launches his new column on BDG with a bang: specifically, a lightning strike
Buddha in a Teacup: Notes from a Non-Capitalist Life in Bhutan
Linda Leaming
4 August 2025
Linda Leaming imparts lessons from Bhutan on managing expectations and living a life of acceptance and equanimity
His Holiness the Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang Rinpoche: Bridging the Buddhadharma with Environmental Initiatives
Dr. Thinles Dorje
26 July 2025
An agent of the Buddhadharma and environmental stewardship in the India Himalaya
The Drummer Who Heard the Deities Whisper: Photographer Peter Van Ham’s Odyssey to Tabo, the Himalayas’ Secret Temple
Rebecca Wong
12 May 2025
Peter Van Ham has spent over three decades devoted to the documentation of this monastery connecting Tibet’s first and second diffusions
Buddhist Retreat Center Arya Tara Plans Photo Exhibition At the Gates of Himalayan Buddhism in Madrid
Craig Lewis
17 March 2025
The Buddhist Retreat Center Arya Tara in Spain will hold a photography exhibition of Himalayan Buddhist art from 23 October–5 December.
Optimizing the Wood Snake Year
Asa Hershoff
10 February 2025
Asa Hershoff ponders the Karmic perils, pitfalls, and opportunities in the year of the snake
In Search of the Hidden Lands: The Hero’s Journey of Explorer Ian Baker
Rebecca Wong
12 December 2024
Rebecca Wong speaks with an Explorer of the Millennium about his discovery of a hidden land in Tibet’s Tsangpo Gorge