The Revered Buddhist Scholar and Tulku Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche Has Died
Craig C Lewis
9 June 2023
Thrangu Tashi Chöling Monastery in Nepal has announced that the revered tulku Yongdzin Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, died on 4 June.
Parinirvana of Revered Dzogchen Master Kyabje Dodrupchen Rinpoche Announced
Craig C Lewis
26 January 2022
The Tashi Choling Center for Buddhist Studies in Oregon has announced that Kyabje Dodrupchen Rinpoche passed into parinirvana on Wednesday morning.
99 Buddhist Monks Test Positive for COVID-19 at Rumtek and Gonjang Monasteries in Sikkim
Craig C Lewis
25 May 2021
Sikkim has recorded 84 pandemic-related deaths so…
Senior Tibetan Lama the Third Bardor Tulku Rinpoche Dies Aged 71
Craig C Lewis
9 April 2021
Rinpoche is survived by his wife and their three daughters
India’s Sikkim to Have a Buddhist University
Dipen Barua
30 September 2020
Institution to promote knowledge, understanding…
Khandro Tashi Chotso Enthroned as Tulku in India
Lyudmila Klasanova
22 January 2020
Khandro Tashi Chotso recognized as incarnation of…
Karmapa Says No Action from India on Pending Visa Application
Craig C Lewis
23 January 2019
Return to India remains uncertain
Dzogchen Rinpoche Jigme Losel Wangpo Selected as Eighth Nyingma Head
Anne Wisman
22 January 2019
Dzogchen Rinpoche has yet to formally accept the…
An Early Modern Buddhist Novel: Alexandra David-Neel’s Hidden Fictional Diary of an Actress
Samuel Thévoz
19 November 2018
A missing link of the entangled literary history…
Indian Government Indicates Softer Stance on the Karmapa’s Status
Craig C Lewis
12 September 2018
India expresses confidence in His Holiness as the…
Freda Bedi: The Making of a Buddhist Nun
Andrew Whitehead
12 August 2016
Fifty years ago, an English woman, Freda Bedi, became one of the first Westerners to be ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist nun some time after
Pema Namdol Thaye: A Maker of Mandalas
Meher McArthur
2 October 2015
The Sanskrit word “mandala” literally means a sacred center (la) that has been set apart or adorned (mand). In theory, therefore, a mandala can take