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The Vanished Sorceress-Queen and the Skull-Cup Temple: Unearthing the Tangut State’s Final Legacy

Rebecca Wong 9 June 2025

From the majestic Kumbum Monastery to a cave on the outskirts of Liangzhou, hints of a sorceress-queen who resisted the world conqueror

Jataka Stories in Theravada Buddhism and The Ten Great Birth Stories of the Buddha – Book Review

Donald Stadtner 8 July 2016

At the moment the demon Mara attacked the Buddha and nearly derailed his path to enlightenment at Bodh Gaya, the Buddha lamented that he could

Haunting the Himalayas: Spirits, Demons, and Gods in Tibetan Buddhism

Tinley Fynn 6 February 2015

Whether by the titanic mountains of the Himalayan range or the weird, lonely, lunar expanse of the plateau itself, it is not unusual to feel