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Respected Tibetan Teacher Kyabje Gelek Rinpoche Has Died

Craig Lewis 16 February 2017

The influential Tibetan teacher and respected author Kyabje Gelek Rinpoche, a tulku in the Gelugpa school of Vajrayan Buddhism has died.

Buddhism in Contemporary China Through a Photographer’s Eye

Guoying Stacy Zhang 23 December 2016

According to the Washington, DC-based Pew Research Center, 18.2 per cent of China’s population—that is 224 million people—are Buddhists, accounting for about half of the

Emperors, Lamas, and Silk: the Origin of Fabric Thangkas

Dakini As Art 8 April 2016

Thangka paintings are Tibet’s most plentiful and portable form of sacred art. Less known and rarely seen are the highly prized appliqué thangkas. In fact, when I

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Respected Tibetan Teacher Kyabje Gelek Rinpoche Has Died

Buddhism in Contemporary China Through a Photographer’s Eye

Emperors, Lamas, and Silk: the Origin of Fabric Thangkas