
The Vanished Sorceress-Queen and the Skull-Cup Temple: Unearthing the Tangut State’s Final Legacy
From the majestic Kumbum Monastery to a cave on the outskirts of Liangzhou, hints of a sorceress-queen who resisted the world conqueror
From the majestic Kumbum Monastery to a cave on the outskirts of Liangzhou, hints of a sorceress-queen who resisted the world conqueror
This enthralling collection of time-warping tales about the Tangut Empire is a hypnotic and feverish, yet ultimately tender masterpiece
British Library researcher and specialist Sam van Schaik brings magic back to its rightful prominence in Buddhist practice
BDG columnist Asa Hershoff ponders the significance of pilgrimage as part of our Buddhist practice
Art, expression, and liberation in ancient dance
Finding reflections of transcendence in our own…
First full Mahakala Puja ever conducted in Taiwan